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epigrammatism

epigrammatism noun: the use of epigrams; epigrammatical character.

Noun

epigrammatism (uncountable)

  1. The use of epigrams; epigrammatical character.
    • The work is rather too light, and bright, and sparkling; it wants shade; it wants to be stretched out here and there with a long chapter of sense, if it could be had; if not, of solemn specious nonsense, about something unconnected with the story; an essay on writing, a critique on Walter Scott, or...1870, James Edward Austen-Leigh, Memoir of Jane Austen

Questions about epigrammatism

What does epigrammatism mean?
Epigrammatism means the use of epigrams; epigrammatical character.
What part of speech is epigrammatism?
Epigrammatism is a noun.

Words near epigrammatism in the dictionary

  1. epigrammatised
  2. epigrammatiser
  3. epigrammatisers
  4. epigrammatises
  5. epigrammatising
  6. epigrammatism
  7. epigrammatist
  8. epigrammatists
  9. epigrammatize
  10. epigrammatized
  11. epigrammatizer

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