- a variation of epigrammatic.
epigrammatical
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He is full of clever and witty, paradoxical and epigrammatical, surprises.
From The Black Cat A Play in Three Acts by John Todhunter
Rhetorical and epigrammatical point and vigour are the special virtues of this system: its weaknesses are monotony of beat and lack of freedom and variety in sentence structure.
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Sidney Colvin
His first serious publication was the History of Louis XI., which is dry and epigrammatical in style, but displays considerable powers of research and impartiality.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
Unpleas- antly personal, perhaps, but written with an epigrammatical point that is very rare nowadays—very rare indeed.
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
The seriousness and solemnity of tragedy necessarily reject all pointed or epigrammatical expressions, all remote conceits and opposition of ideas.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Samuel Johnson
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