01 n. A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader wi…
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A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character.“Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram?” — Shak.
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An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose.
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The style of the epigram.“Antithesis, i. e., bilateral stroke, is the soul of epigram in its later and technical signification.” — B. Cracroft.