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epigram

noun as in witticism

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It was only when I left home that I realized how unusual it was to have a mother and grandmother who tossed off perfect pies the way some people drop witty epigrams — and how borderline miraculous their pie crusts were.

Morton emailed me the following epigram from the poet Humbert Wolfe.

"And she would sacrifice Him and all his archangels to an epigram," thought Isabel, who was somewhat shocked.

"I wonder if she has ever tried to condense rudeness into an epigram," said Isabel viciously, pausing in her narrative.

Page after page—full of caustic satire, humorous sally and profound epigram—fairly bristles with merriment.

One should delight in truth; I do delight in epigram; there seems little chance for choice here.

Then he smiled grimly, thinking of Voltaire's cruel epigram—that "letters addressed to posterity seldom reach their destination!"

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to epigram, such as: aphorism, joke, motto, quip, quirk, and bon mot.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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