Dictionary

epigram en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɛpɪɡɹæm/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)

Etymology

From Middle French epigramme, from Latin epigramma, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγραμμα (epígramma, “inscription”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) An inscription in stone.
2. A brief but witty saying.
3. A short, witty or pithy poem.
   • The second has written a sonnet upon the mutability of woman, And the third writes an epigram to Candidia. 1916, Ezra Pound, Lustra, The Three Poets:

Forms

Deriveds

epigrammist

Relateds

epigraph · epigrammatic · epigrammatist

Translations (49)

la epigramma (brief but witty saying) · sq epigram (short, witty or pithy poem) · fr épigramme (short, witty or pithy poem) · ru сенте́нция (brief but witty saying) · eo epigramo (short, witty or pithy poem) · ru эпигра́мма (short, witty or pithy poem) · es epigrama (brief but witty saying) · pl epigram (inscription in stone) · th คำคม (brief but witty saying) · pl epigramat (brief but witty saying) · tr espri (brief but witty saying) · hu epigramma (inscription in stone) · hu epigramma (short, witty or pithy poem) · es epigrama (short, witty or pithy poem) · el επίγραμμα (brief but witty saying) · ru эпигра́мма (inscription in stone) · fi epigrammi (short, witty or pithy poem) · ga burdún (short, witty or pithy poem) · hu epigramma (brief but witty saying) · grc ἐπίγραμμα (short, witty or pithy poem) · de Epigramm (brief but witty saying) · nl epigram (short, witty or pithy poem) · de Epigramm (inscription in stone) · fr épigramme (brief but witty saying) · ja 警句 (brief but witty saying) · pl epigramat (short, witty or pithy poem) · tl tugmatiyaw (brief but witty saying) · el επίγραμμα (inscription in stone) · bg епиграма (brief but witty saying) · cmn 警句 (brief but witty saying) · tr nükte (brief but witty saying) · fr épigramme (inscription in stone) · grc ἐπίγραμμα (inscription in stone) · la epigramma (short, witty or pithy poem) · la epigramma (inscription in stone) · grc ἐπίγραμμα (brief but witty saying) · fi epigrammi (brief but witty saying) · pl epigramat (inscription in stone) · cs epigram (short, witty or pithy poem) · ru афори́зм (brief but witty saying) · es epigrama (inscription in stone) · sv epigram (short, witty or pithy poem) · nl hekelrijm (short, witty or pithy poem) · ko 경구 (brief but witty saying) · pl fraszka (short, witty or pithy poem) · bg епиграма (short, witty or pithy poem) · el επίγραμμα (short, witty or pithy poem) · de Epigramm (short, witty or pithy poem) · de Sinngedicht (short, witty or pithy poem)