epigrammatist
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This version emphasizes Turgenev as both a pathologist and an epigrammatist, laying out his specimens of unhappy Russian gentry for cool anatomy and precisely worded summations.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2015
It is, therefore, fortunate that Mr. Baldwin is a captain of industry rather than a scholarly epigrammatist with political finesse and a nice Disraelian scorn.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Never think of leaving perfume or wine to your heir," advised the Roman epigrammatist Martial.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has the turn of the epigrammatist, but makes no ostentatious display of it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another illustrious man lived near the Temple of Health,—Valerius Martial the epigrammatist.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
