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epigrammatic

[ep-i-gruh-mat-ik] / ˌɛp ɪ grəˈmæt ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
concise
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In particular, they borrowed from “Lombard Street,” Bagehot’s epigrammatic description of life in Victorian finance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Grant unfolds her story in epigrammatic fashion, moving gracefully in time, drawing parallels between multiple generations.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2020

And yet, line for line, her epigrammatic style perhaps most recalls that of Emily Dickinson in its radical compression of images and ideas into a few chiseled lines.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 2, 2020

Scanlan removes all that in favor of epigrammatic bursts of language, sometimes as few as four words on a page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2019

While the Adams style generated a host of memorable epigrammatic flashes, it was the worst-possible vehicle for sustaining the diplomatic niceties.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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