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epigram

noun
/ˈɛpɪɡɹæm/UK

Etymology

From Middle French epigramme, from Latin epigramma, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγραμμα (epígramma, “inscription”).

  1. derived from ἐπίγραμμα
  2. derived from epigramma
  3. derived from epigramme

Definitions

  1. An inscription in stone.

  2. A brief but witty saying.

  3. A short, witty or pithy poem.

    • The second has written a sonnet upon the mutability of woman, And the third writes an epigram to Candidia.

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Derived

epigrammist

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at epigram. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at epigram. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at epigram

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA