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Epigrammatical

Epigrammatic \Ep`i*gram*mat"ic\, Epigrammatical \Ep`i*gram*mat"ic*al\, [L. epigrammaticus: cf. F.

  1. Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an epigrammatical poet.

  2. Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or sallies of fancy.

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epigrammatical

a. Pertaining to, or in the form of, an epigram.

Usage examples of "epigrammatical".

Al-Ma'arri's contempt for hypocrisy resembled Omar Khayyam's, and the imagery and sentiments of his epigrammatical verses are strikingly like the ruba'is which have come down to us under Khayyam's name.