Associations to the word «Epigram»

Wiktionary

EPIGRAM, noun. (obsolete) An inscription in stone.
EPIGRAM, noun. A brief but witty saying.
EPIGRAM, noun. A short, witty or pithy poem.

Dictionary definition

EPIGRAM, noun. A witty saying.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky