Ĕp'i-grăm, n.

n. [Gr. ἐπίγραμμα, inscription, epigram, from ἐπιγράφειν, to write upon, from ἐπί and γράφειν, to write; Lat. epigramma, Fr. épigramme.] A short poem treating only of one thing, and ending with some lively, ingenious, and natural thought.

Dost thou think that I care for a satire or an epigram? Shak.

☞ Epigrams were originally inscriptions on tombs, statues, temples, triumphal arches, &c.