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epigram

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
epigram /ˈɛpɪgram/

▶noun a concise and witty saying or remark.

■ a short witty poem.

– derivatives
epigrammatic adjective,
epigrammatically adverb,
epigrammatist noun,
epigrammatize (or epigrammatise) verb.

– origin ME: from Fr. épigramme, or L. epigramma, from Gk, from epi ‘upon, in addition’ + gramma (see -gram1).

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