Antonyms for epigrammatist


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ep-i-gram-uh-tahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛp ɪˈgræm əˌtaɪz


Definition of epigrammatist

  • As in wit : noun person who is very funny
Example sentences :
  • As an epigrammatist himself, Rogers might have been more indulgent to a consoeur.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • She will say things worthy of a French epigrammatist, and act like a robin in a greenhouse.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • Purple but pleasing, Denby said, with the air of an epigrammatist.
  • Extract from : « Under Cover » by Roi Cooper Megrue
  • It is recognised that life with an epigrammatist has become unendurable.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Rebellion » by Henry W. Nevinson
  • He consulted me upon it, who am a little of an epigrammatist myself, you know.
  • Extract from : « Life of Johnson » by James Boswell
  • The poet Dryden, and the epigrammatist Owen, celebrated him in still briefer verse.
  • Extract from : « William Gilbert, and Terrestial Magnetism in the Time of Queen Elizabeth » by Silvanus P. Thompson
  • He had an astonishing memory, was brilliant as an epigrammatist, was a great reader and a most genial companion.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 » by Various
  • “Nay, do not give up all hope,” retorted the epigrammatist scornfully.
  • Extract from : « Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 » by Ernst Eckstein
  • I shall only give you now a light skirmish out of an epigrammatist, your special good friend, and so, vale.
  • Extract from : « Essays » by Abraham Cowley
  • In this sense the epigrammatist was right who said that 'to Newman his own nature was a revelation which he called conscience.'
  • Extract from : « Outspoken Essays » by William Ralph Inge

Synonyms for epigrammatist

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