epigrammatic

epigrammatic
epigrammatically, adv.epigrammatism /ep'i gram"euh tiz'euhm/, n.
/ep'i greuh mat"ik/, adj.
1. of or like an epigram; terse and ingenious in expression.
2. containing or favoring the use of epigrams.
Also, epigrammatical.
[1695-1705; < L epigrammaticus < Gk epigrammatikós, equiv. to epigrammat- (s. of epígramma) EPIGRAM + -ikos -IC]

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