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epigrams
noun
(ep-i-gram)
a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
epigrams
noun
(ep-i-gram)
a terse, sage, or witty and often paradoxical saying
epigrams
noun
(ep-i-gram)
epigrammatic expression
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