adj epigrammatic

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• epigrammatic — [ep΄ə grə mat′ik] adj. [L epigrammaticus < Gr epigrammatikos] 1. of the epigram or full of epigrams 2. having the nature of an epigram; terse, witty, etc.: Also epigrammatical epigrammatically adv …   English World dictionary

• epigrammatic — adj 1. terse, tight, compact, succinct, concise; brief, short, to the point, pointed, pithy; exact, precise, sharp, neat, keen; ingenious, witty, crisp, well turned, It. ben trovato; laconic, lean, elliptical, breviloquent, Rare. pauciloquent. 2 …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• epigrammatic — epigrammatically, adv. epigrammatism /ep i gram euh tiz euhm/, n. /ep i greuh mat ik/, adj. 1. of or like an epigram; terse and ingenious in expression. 2. containing or favoring the use of epigrams. Also, epigrammatical. [1695 1705; < L… …   Universalium

• epigrammatic — ep·i·gram·mat·ic || ‚epɪgrÉ™ mætɪk adj. of or pertaining to epigrams; sharp, witty, concise …   English contemporary dictionary

• epigrammatic — ep•i•gram•mat•ic [[t]ˌɛp ɪ grəˈmæt ɪk[/t]] also ep i•gram•mat′i•cal adj. 1) of or like an epigram 2) characterized by or given to the use of epigrams • Etymology: 1695–1705; < L < Gk ep i•gram•mat′i•cal•ly, adv. ep i•gram′ma•tism ˈgræm… …   From formal English to slang

• brief — adj 1. momentary, temporary, of short duration, short; impermanent, mortal, unenduring, fleeting, passing, fading; transitory, transient, fugacious, caducous, deciduous, monohemerous, monemerous, evanescent, ephemeral; mercurial, volatile,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• clever — adj 1. bright, brilliant, luminous, keen, acute, sharp, sharp witted, sharp as a tack; intelligent, gifted, well endowed, precocious, talented; apt, smart, agile, quick, quick witted, ready; able, capable, competent, efficient; adept, proficient …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• comic — adj 1. funny, droll, light, rich, humorous; zany, quizzical, comical, jocose, jocular; witty, facetious, waggish, Attic; punny, epigrammatic, Rhet. paronomastic; burlesque, (of verse) doggerel, vaudevillian, slapstick, farcical; nonsensical,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• concise — adj 1. succinct, pithy, terse, tight, epigrammatic; short, brief, small, thumbnail; cryptic, laconic, to the point, pointed, direct, straightforward; curt, abrupt, brusque, crisp, brisk, sharp, incisive, keen, trenchant; clear cut, decisive,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• neat — adj 1. tidy, trim, orderly, well ordered, in good order, shipshape, Naut.Bristol fashion, Naut. shipshape and Bristol fashion, Chiefly Dial. tight, Chiefly Brit. trig, Inf. apple pie, Inf. neat as a pin; clean, clean cut, well groomed; spruce,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• platitudinous — adj 1. sententious, proverbial, aphoristic, axiomatic, gnomic; formulistic, epigrammatic, pithy, terse. 2. hackneyed, cliché, stereotyped, overworked, commonplace, common; trite, banal, truistic, Sl. old hat, Inf. bromidic, set, stock, familiar;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder