epigrammatist (epigram at ist)

[= F. épigrammatiste = Sp. epigram at ist a = Pg. It. epigrammatist a, The conceit of the epigrammatist . Fuller . Among the buffoon poets of this age is also to be reckoned John Heywood, styled the epigrammatist , from the six centuries of epigrams, or versified jokes, which form a remarkable portion of his works. Craik, Hist. Eng. Lit., I. 431. epigrammatize (ep-i-gram'a-tīz), v. t.; pret. and pp. epigrammatized , ppr. epigrammatizing . [ F.epigrammatiser , επιγραμματίζειν , write an epigram, ἐπίγραμμα (τ-), an epigram: see epi gram.] To represent or expre by epigrams; write epigrammatically.