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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. terse and witty and like a maxim;
- Example: "much given to apothegmatic instruction"
[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