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Epigram

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose.

(2):

(n.) The style of the epigram.

(3):

(n.) A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Epigram'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/epigram.html. 1828.