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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: EPIGRAM (0.01084 detik)
Found 4 items, similar to EPIGRAM.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: epigram
epigram
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: epigram
epigram
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: epigram
epigram
n : a witty saying [syn:
quip]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Epigram
Epigram
\Ep"i*gram\, n. [L. epigramma, fr. Gr. ? inscription,
epigram, fr. ? to write upon, 'epi` upon + ? to write: cf. F.
['e]pigramme. See
Graphic.]
1. 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.
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Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram?
--Shak.
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Note: Epigrams were originally inscription on tombs, statues,
temples, triumphal arches, etc.
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2. An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply
expressed, whether in verse or prose.
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3. The style of the epigram.
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Antithesis, i. e., bilateral stroke, is the soul of
epigram in its later and technical signification.
--B. Cracroft.
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