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epigrammatize

[ ep-i-gram-uh-tahyz ]

/ ˌɛp ɪˈgræm əˌtaɪz /

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verb (used with object), ep·i·gram·ma·tized, ep·i·gram·ma·tiz·ing.

to express in epigrams.

to make epigrams about (a person or thing).

verb (used without object), ep·i·gram·ma·tized, ep·i·gram·ma·tiz·ing.

to make epigrams.

Also especially British, ep·i·gram·ma·tise.

Origin of epigrammatize

1685–95; < Greek epigrammatízein; see epigrammatic + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM epigrammatize

ep·i·gram·ma·tist, noun

Words nearby epigrammatize

epigone, epigoni, epigonus, epigram, epigrammatic, epigrammatize, epigraph, epigraphic, epigraphy, epigynous, epigynum

Example sentences from the Web for epigrammatist

As an epigrammatist himself, Rogers might have been more indulgent to a consoeur.

De Libris: Prose and Verse |Austin Dobson
As a matter of fact Page 263he was rather an epigrammatist than a poet, his ambition being to be known as the Dutch Martial.

A Wanderer in Holland |E. V. Lucas
The poet Dryden, and the epigrammatist Owen, celebrated him in still briefer verse.

William Gilbert, and Terrestial Magnetism in the Time of Queen Elizabeth |Silvanus P. Thompson
He consulted me upon it, who am a little of an epigrammatist myself, you know.

Life of Johnson |James Boswell

Louis Bartk (b. 1851) is a remarkable satirist and epigrammatist (Krpti emlkek).

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for epigrammatist

epigrammatize

epigrammatise

/ (ˌɛpɪˈɡræməˌtaɪz) /

verb

to make an epigram or epigrams (about)

Derived forms of epigrammatize

epigrammatism, noun epigrammatist, noun