Epigram

ep'i-gram, n. [in anc times first a poetic inscription, then a short or pointed poem a short poem on one subject ending with a witty or sarcastic thought any concise and pointed or sarcastic saying. [Through Fr. and L from Gr. epigramtnu epigram mates —t pi, upon, and gramma, a writing, from grapho to write.] Epigrammatic, cp-i-gr«im-mat'ik, Epigram mat leal, ep-i-gram-mat'ik-al, adj relating to or dealing in epigrams: like an epigram concise and pointed, —adv. Epi grammatically. Eplgrammatise, ep-i-gram'at-lz, z to make an epigram on. —Epigrammatist, ep-i-gram'at-ist, n. one who writes epigrams.