epigrammatic

3 definitions found

epigrammatic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Epigrammatic \Ep`i*gram*mat"ic\, Epigrammatical
  \Ep`i*gram*mat"ic*al\, [L. epigrammaticus: cf. F.
     ['e]pigrammatique.]
     1. Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an
        epigrammatical poet.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an
        epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or
        sallies of fancy.
        [1913 Webster]

epigrammatic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  epigrammatic
      adj 1: terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to
             apothegmatic instruction" [syn: aphoristic,
             apothegmatic, epigrammatic]

epigrammatic - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "epigrammatic":
     aphoristic, apophthegmatic, apothegmatic, compendious, concise,
     laconic, piquant, pithy, pointed, proverbial, punchy, pungent,
     sententious, snappy, succinct, terse, trenchant, witty