epigrammatic

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"You've got plenty of money, and plenty of houses now to play the fool in, but in the interests of the public—" "Epigrammatic," said the King, shaking his finger sadly at him.

From The Napoleon of Notting Hill by Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham)

Epigrammatic moral maxims, scraps of biography, nodules of a sort of political economy, bits of history, rules of etiquette, and a great variety of other subjects, are commingled without plan, symmetry, or progress of thought.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.

Epigrammatic poetry reached its highest development in the 10th and 11th centuries, in the productions of Johannes Geometres, Christophorus of Mytilene and John Mauropus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

Epigrammatic writing is very clearly defined as "critical in a grammatical way."

From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Spofford, Ainsworth Rand

"Epigrammatic remark—Though somewhat down in the mouth he kept a stiff upper lip."

From Turns about Town by Holliday, Robert Cortes