单词 | epigram |
释义 | epigram /ep"i gram'/, n. 1. any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed. 2. epigrammatic expression: Oscar Wilde had a genius for epigram. 3. a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought. [1400-50; late ME < L epigramma < Gk epígramma inscription, epigram. See EPI-, -GRAM1] Syn. 1. witticism, quip, bon mot. |
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