epigrammatic

[ ep-i-gruh-mat-ik ]

/ ˌɛp ɪ grəˈmæt ɪk /

of or like an epigram; terse and ingenious in expression.

containing or favoring the use of epigrams.

Also ep·i·gram·mat·i·cal.

Origin of epigrammatic

1695–1705; < Latin epigrammaticus < Greek epigrammatikós, equivalent to epigrammat- (stem of epígramma) epigram + -ikos -ic

ep·i·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb ep·i·gram·ma·tism

[ep-i-gram-uh-tiz-uh m] /ˌɛp ɪˈgræm əˌtɪz əm/, noun non·ep·i·gram·mat·ic, adjective non·ep·i·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

un·ep·i·gram·mat·ic, adjective un·ep·i·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

It is to me the ultimate book about Spain—not a big book, but a wise, enlightened one, epigrammatic and perceptive.

Book Bag: Paul Theroux’s Favorite Inner-Journey Travel Books |Paul Theroux |May 14, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
His style has been criticised, and has been called affected and epigrammatic.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 |Various
This has the advantage of the others in brevity and epigrammatic point.

The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians |G. G. Findlay
Not the melody only, but the often audacious, epigrammatic philosophy of her tongue as well, sold her calas and gingercakes.

The Grandissimes |George Washington Cable

Epigrammatic remark—Though somewhat down in the mouth he kept a stiff upper lip.

Turns about Town |Robert Cortes Holliday
We next note a contact with the "Yellow Book," a dip into "cleverness," into the epigrammatic genre, the bare epigrammatic style.

Instigations |Ezra Pound