Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who composes epigrams or writes epigrammatically.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who writes an
epigram (any meanings)
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Examples
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He was called the epigrammatist, but the greater part of his jests seem to have little point.
History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange 1873
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As the epigrammatist Ashleigh Brilliant says, "Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are masters of our fates and captains of our souls."
Martin Rossman, M.D.: Healthy Coping Tips For Distant Disaster Stress M.D. Martin Rossman 2011
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As the epigrammatist Ashleigh Brilliant says, "Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are masters of our fates and captains of our souls."
Martin Rossman, M.D.: Healthy Coping Tips For Distant Disaster Stress M.D. Martin Rossman 2011
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She will say things worthy of a French epigrammatist, and act like a robin in a greenhouse.
A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006
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On SF seems to me to be a better book than I remember The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of being I don't have a copy at hand, because Disch's strengths are more those of an epigrammatist than a systematizer, and the short reviews that fill most of this book are a good medium for his talents.
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
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On SF seems to me to be a better book than I remember The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of being I don't have a copy at hand, because Disch's strengths are more those of an epigrammatist than a systematizer, and the short reviews that fill most of this book are a good medium for his talents.
On SF 2006
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He consulted me upon it, who am a little of an epigrammatist myself, you know.
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No subject, it seems, was off limits to the enterprising epigrammatist, and the only binding obligation was to have the courage of one's concision.
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Akadie's profession included the offices of epigrammatist, poet, calligrapher, sage, arbiter of elegance, professional guest (hiring Akadie to grace a party was an act of conspicuous consumption), marriage broker, legal consultant, repository of local tradition, and source of scandalous gossip.
Trullion: Alastor 2262 Vance, Jack 1973
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This poor fellow was the jester, song-singer and epigrammatist of the madcap patriots who were associated under the title of "Sons of Geneva."
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Various
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