All 3 Uses
epigram
in
War and Peace
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- Before Anna Pavlovna and the others had time to smile their appreciation of the vicomte's epigram, Pierre again broke into the conversation, and though Anna Pavlovna felt sure he would say something inappropriate, she was unable to stop him.†
Chpt 1 *
- We are Macked)," he concluded, feeling that he had produced a good epigram, a fresh one that would be repeated.†
Chpt 2
- Bilibin saved up his epigrams to produce them in Countess Bezukhova's presence.†
Chpt 6
Definitions:
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(1)
(epigram) a short saying that expresses an idea in a clever manner
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)