epigrammatic

1. 1.

   terse and witty and like a maxim

   “much given to apothegmatic instruction”

   Synonymsaphoristicapothegmatic

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Questions about epigrammatic

What does epigrammatic mean?

epigrammatic means "terse and witty and like a maxim".

How many syllables are in epigrammatic?

epigrammatic has 5 syllables: ep-i-gram-mat-ic. The stress falls on "mat". In IPA it is /ˌɛpəɡɹəˈmætɪk/.

What is another word for epigrammatic?

Close synonyms include aphoristic, apothegmatic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.