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What does epigram mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word epigram? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (obsolete) An inscription in stone.
  2. A brief but witty saying.
  3. A short, witty or pithy poem.
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Many blogs feature in their heading a maxim, aphorism, saying, adage, axiom, saw, proverb, epigram or precept.
He also takes over a number of themes from Hellenistic poetry, especially from Greek epigram.
Horace's satire and Jonson's epigram have proven similarly resistant to efforts at critical appreciation.
As the epigram to this article demonstrates, militaristic language dramatized the contest beyond mere political fortunes.
It should be clear from these quotes that Davis is an effortless formalist, and he excels at the epigram, aubade, and sonnet.
His mouth was open, as though he were about to declaim a poem, or speak an epigram.

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