Find the word definition

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Epigrammatist

Epigrammatist \Ep`i*gram"ma*tist\, n. [L. epigrammatista: cf. F. One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them.

The brisk epigrammatist showing off his own cleverness.
--Holmes.

Wiktionary
epigrammatist

n. Someone who writes an epigram (any meanings)

Usage examples of "epigrammatist".

In my time epigrammatists and poetasters who assailed ministers or even the king's mistresses were sent to the Bastille, but the wits still persisted in being amusing, and there were some who considered a jest incomplete that was not followed by a prosecution.

The nameless epigrammatist raises a tolerable pun, by confounding the episcopal salutation of "Peace be to all!

There are many epigrams attributed to Hardin – a confirmed epigrammatist – a good many of which are probably apocryphal.