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epigrammaticaladjective
Pertaining to, or in the form of, an epigram.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Epigrammatical, Epigrammatickadjective
Etymology: epigrammaticus, Latin.
Our good epigrammatical poet, old Godfrey of Winchester, thinketh no ominous forespeaking to lie in names. William Camden.
He is every where above conceits of epigrammatick wit and gross hyperboles: he maintains majesty in the midst of plainness; he shines, but glares not; and is stately, without ambition. Addison.
He has none of those little points and puerilities that are so often to be met with in Ovid; none of the epigrammatick turns of Lucan; none of those swelling sentiments which are so frequent in Statius and Claudian; none of those mixt embellishments of Tasso. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 279.
Webster Dictionary
Epigrammatical
writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an epigrammatical poet
Epigrammatical
suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or sallies of fancy
Etymology: [L. epigrammaticus: cf. F. pigrammatique.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of epigrammatical in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of epigrammatical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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