1.
[syn: aphoristic, apothegmatic, epigrammatic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Epigrammatic \Ep`i*gram*mat"ic\, Epigrammatical
\Ep`i*gram*mat"ic*al\, [L. epigrammaticus: cf. F.
['e]pigrammatique.]
1. Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an
epigrammatical poet.
[1913 Webster]
2. Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an
epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or
sallies of fancy.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
epigrammatic
adj 1: terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to
apothegmatic instruction" [syn: aphoristic,
apothegmatic, epigrammatic]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "epigrammatic":
aphoristic, apophthegmatic, apothegmatic, compendious, concise,
laconic, piquant, pithy, pointed, proverbial, punchy, pungent,
sententious, snappy, succinct, terse, trenchant, witty