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Word | Epigram |
a witty saying / a short poem or statement that's clever or amusing / 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. / a concise witty poem, a pointed and short poem / witty thought or saying, usually short / a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. / a short and clever poem or saying, | |
Usage | ⇒ Tenali Rama was well known for his epigrams ⇒ Poor Richard's epigrams made Benjamin Franklin famous. ⇒ Benjamin Franklin's famous epigram, “Remember that time is money”. ⇒ So, after weeks of intense preparation, I have come up with several epigrams so devastatingly clever in their sarcasm that my adversaries will be forced to admit defeat and submit to my will immediate ⇒ an ancient epigram |
Synonyms | aphorism, motto, quip, proverb, witticism, adage, joke, maxim, apothegm, pun, saw, apophthegm, slogan, saying, bon mot, moral, axiom, byword, expression, gnome, |
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