Friday, August 26, 2011

word of the week

epigrammatic

adjective
1.  of or like an epigram;  terse and ingenious in expression.
2.  containing or favoring the use of epigrams.

ep·i·gram

1.  any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
2.  epigrammatic  expression: Oscar Wilde had a genius for epigram.
3.  a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought.

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