Epigram1. (n.) A short poem or paradoxical statement treating a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character.
2. (n.) An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose.
3. (n.) The style of the epigram.
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