epigrammatic
pronunciation
How to pronounce epigrammatic in British English:
UK [ˌepɪɡrə'mætɪk]
How to pronounce epigrammatic in American English:
US [ˌepɪɡrə'mætɪk]
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- Adjective:
- terse and witty and like a maxim
Word Origin
- epigrammatic (adj.)
- 1704, shortened from epigrammatical (c. 1600); see epigram.
Example
- 1. An epigrammatic japanese verse form of three short lines .
- 2. Epigrammatic japanese verse form of three short lines .
- 3. His style is forcible and effective , often concise and epigrammatic .
- 4. Rice carve technology is namely on rice is ok engrave is blessed language , logion , epigrammatic , name , the birth date .
- 5. No painter had ever made the point that ' a painting is not what it represents ' with such epigrammatic .