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Topic: LITERATURE

Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: epigramma, from Greek, from epi- ( EPICENTER) + graphein 'to write'

epigram

 noun
     
ep‧i‧gram [countable]
AL a short sentence that expresses an idea in a clever or amusing way
—epigrammatic adjective
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