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English Dictionary: epigrammatic by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
epigrammatic
adj
  1. terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction"
    Synonym(s): aphoristic, apothegmatic, epigrammatic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Epigrammatic \Ep`i*gram*mat"ic\, Epigrammatical
   \Ep`i*gram*mat"ic*al\, [L. epigrammaticus: cf. F.
      [82]pigrammatique.]
      1. Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an
            epigrammatical poet.
  
      2. Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an
            epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or
            sallies of fancy.
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