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Epigram

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɛpɪɡɹæm

Definitions

  1. An inscription in stone.
    obsolete
  2. A brief but witty saying.
  3. A short, witty or pithy poem.

Equivalents

Españolepigrama
Françaisépigramme
DeutschEpigrammSinngedicht
18 more languages

Examples

“The second has written a sonnet upon the mutability of woman, And the third writes an epigram to Candidia.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Epigrammatic Epigrammatically epigrammatiser epigrammatism epigrammatist epigrammatizer

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