epigram(n = noun.communication) quip - a witty saying;
is a kind of expression, locution, saying
Derived form adjective epigrammatic₁

1.  A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character. [1913 Webster]
" Epigrams were originally inscription on tombs, statues, temples, triumphal arches, etc." [1913 Webster]
"Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram?" [1913 Webster]

2.  An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose. [1913 Webster]

3.  The style of the epigram. [1913 Webster]
"Antithesis, i. e., bilateral stroke, is the soul of epigram in its later and technical signification."

epigram, n.
1 a short poem with a witty ending.
2 a pointed saying.
3 a pointed mode of expression.

Derivative:
epigrammatic adj. epigrammatically adv. epigrammatist n. epigrammatize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise).

Etymology:
F {eacute}pigramme or L epigramma f. Gk epigramma -atos (as EPI-, -GRAM)

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