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ˈɛp ɪˌgræmepi·gram

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  1. epigram, quipnoun

    a witty saying

    Synonyms:
    quip, crack, sally, wisecrack

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How to use epigram in a sentence?

  1. Minna Antrim:

    An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.

  2. Oscar Levant:

    An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.

  3. Edwin P. Whipple:

    An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

  4. John Updike:

    To say that war is madness is like saying that sex is madness: true enough, from the standpoint of a stateless eunuch, but merely a provocative epigram for those who must make their arrangements in the world as given.

  5. Sbastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort:

    Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.


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