epigrammatist
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This version emphasizes Turgenev as both a pathologist and an epigrammatist, laying out his specimens of unhappy Russian gentry for cool anatomy and precisely worded summations.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2015
"Never think of leaving perfume or wine to your heir," advised the Roman epigrammatist Martial.
From Time Magazine Archive
And Wilde is still the most brilliant epigrammatist in the modern theatre, though for sustained comic dialogue he cannot hold a candle to Shaw.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Rus mihi dulce sub urbe est," sang the Roman epigrammatist Martial in the ist century A.D.
From Time Magazine Archive
The object of this fair hit, the Editor of Punch, forthwith sought out the epigrammatist, in the belief that here was a new humorist whose services he might employ.
From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)
