EPIGRAM
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Ep"i*gram (?), n. [L. epigramma, fr. Gr. &unr_; inscription, epigram, fr. &unr_; to write upon, 'epi` upon + &unr_; to write: cf. F. épigramme. See Graphic.] 1. 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.
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Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram?
Shak.
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&hand_; Epigrams were originally inscription on tombs, statues, temples, triumphal arches, etc.
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2. An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose.
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3. The style of the epigram.
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Antithesis, i. e., bilateral stroke, is the soul of epigram in its later and technical signification.
B. Cracroft.
