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epigramme

epigramme is the alternative form of epigram.

Meaning of epigram

Noun

epigram (plural epigrams)

  1. (obsolete) An inscription in stone.
  2. A brief but witty saying.
  3. A short, witty or pithy poem.
    • The second has written a sonnet
      upon the mutability of woman,
      And the third writes an epigram to Candidia.1916, Ezra Pound, Lustra, The Three Poets

Forms of epigramme

pluralepigrammes

Questions about epigramme

What is epigramme the alternative form of?
Epigramme is the alternative form of epigram.

Words near epigramme in the dictionary

  1. epigrammatized
  2. epigrammatizer
  3. epigrammatizers
  4. epigrammatizes
  5. epigrammatizing
  6. epigramme
  7. epigrammes
  8. epigrammist
  9. epigrammists
  10. epigrams
  11. epigraph

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