Epigrammatic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

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