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epigram definitions
# Definition Sets
1witty comment94 sets
2a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation86 sets
3witty saying53 sets
4a witty saying51 sets
5witty thought or saying, usually short28 sets
6a short, witty saying19 sets
7a short witty poem or saying16 sets
8a witty saying expressing a single thought16 sets
9n a brief and usually witty or satirical saying13 sets
10n. a short, cleverly-worded statement12 sets
11a short poem with a witty point; any terse, witty, pointed statement12 sets
12a brief witty statement10 sets
13short, witty saying10 sets
14n. a pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.10 sets
15short, witty saying or poem10 sets
16a brief, witty or satirical saying9 sets
17n. a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation9 sets
18a short witty saying9 sets
19any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed9 sets
20a short, witty poem or saying8 sets
21a pithy sometimes satiric couplet or quatrain which was popular in classic latin literature and in european and english literature of the renaissance and the neo-classical era.8 sets
22a short, cleverly-worded statement7 sets
23a short, witty poem; a witty, clever saying7 sets
24a concise but ingenious, witty, and thoughtful statement7 sets
25a brief, clever, and usually memorable statement7 sets
26a brief witty statement.6 sets
27a short, witty saying.5 sets
28a witty or pointed saying tersely expressed5 sets
29(n) a short poem with a witty point; any terse, witty, pointed statement5 sets
30wise old saying5 sets
31n. a short, witty poem or saying5 sets
32a brief witty poem, often satirical.5 sets
33a brief, clever and usually memorable statement.5 sets
34a short poem intended to impart wisdom5 sets
35a pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.5 sets
36any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.4 sets
37a short, clever saying or poem4 sets
38bright or witty thought concisely and cleverly expressed4 sets
39a wise, old saying4 sets
40a concise, witty saying4 sets