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1. A concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought 2. A terse, sage, or witty and often paradoxical saying 3. Epigrammatic expression

An example from Oscar Wilde: "In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."

Ancient Greeks and Romans used the word "epigramma" (from Greek "epigraphein," meaning "to write on") to refer to a concise, witty, and often satirical verse.