verb
- to compose or express in the form of an epigram; to make witty or concise remarks
- to reduce or condense into an epigram; to express something in a brief, pointed manner
Usage: literary; formal
Usage: literary
Examples
- The poet loved to epigrammatize about human nature in just a few clever lines.
- She had a gift for epigrammatizing complex ideas into memorable phrases.
- He would epigrammatize his observations at dinner parties, earning both laughter and groans.
- The critic epigrammatized the film's central theme in a single witty sentence.
- Ancient writers often epigrammatized moral lessons for their audiences.
- Rather than give a lengthy speech, she chose to epigrammatize her position.