Epigram
Crossword Clue and Answers
Today we have 100 crossword solutions for Epigram.
We have deemed Epigram as a RARE crossword clue as we have not seen it in many (if any) crossword publications.
The most recent answer we found for this clue is "MOT".
Crossword Answers
3 letters
ANA
Mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu
ODE
A lyric poem with complex stanza forms
PUN
A humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"
SAW
A power tool for cutting wood
MOT
A compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes
4 letters
QUIP
Witty remark
EPIC
Very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"
EPOS
A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme
GIBE
An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"
IDYL
A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
POEM
A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
SONG
A distinctive or characteristic sound; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead"
TEXT
The words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"
WORD
A unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
5 letters
ADAGE
A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
AXIOM
(logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident
CANSO
CRACK
The act of cracking something
DIRGE
A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
ELEGY
A mournful poem; a lament for the dead
GNOME
A short pithy saying expressing a general truth
HAIKU
An epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
IDYLL
A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
LYRIC
The text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"
MAXIM
A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
MORAL
The significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"
MOTTO
A favorite saying of a sect or political group
RHYME
A piece of poetry
SALLY
A venture off the beaten path; "a sally into the wide world beyond his home"
SLOKA
SUTRA
A rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization
TANKA
A Tibetan religious painting on fabric
TENSO
VERSE
A piece of poetry
6 letters
BALADA
BALLAD
A narrative poem of popular origin
BONMOT
A clever remark
BYWORD
A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
DICTUM
An authoritative declaration
EPOPEE
GHAZEL
JINGLE
A metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs"
MONODY
Music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
ORACLE
A shrine where an oracular god is consulted
PHRASE
Dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
RETORT
A vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
RONDEL
A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
SATIRE
Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift
SAYING
A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"
SONNET
A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
WISDOM
The trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
7 letters
BALLADE
A poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy
BOUTADE
BUCOLIC
(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"
CHANSON
CONCEIT
An artistic device or effect; "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"
DICTATE
An authoritative rule
DISTICH
Two items of the same kind
ECLOGUE
A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
EPIGRAM
A witty saying
GEORGIC
PRECEPT
Rule of personal conduct
PROVERB
A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
RIPOSTE
A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
RONDEAU
A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
ROUNDEL
Round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit
SESTINA
TENZONE
TRIOLET
VIRELAY
8 letters
ANALECTS
A collection of excerpts from a literary work
APHORISM
A short pithy instructive saying
APOTHEGM
A short pithy instructive saying
ATTICISM
CLERIHEW
A witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person; "`The president is George W. Bush, Who is happy to sit on his tush, While sending his armies to fight, For anything he thinks is right' is a clerihew"
EPOPOEIA
FACETIAE
LIMERICK
A humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba
MADRIGAL
An unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form
PALINODE
PASTORAL
A letter from a pastor to the congregation
PROVERBS
An Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)
REPARTEE
Adroitness and cleverness in reply
SENTENCE
A string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences"
TEACHING
The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"
THRENODY
A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
VERSELET
VERSICLE
A short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation
9 letters
CATCHWORD
A favorite saying of a sect or political group
DITHYRAMB
(ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
JEUDEMOTS
PASTORELA
PLAYOFWIT
PRESCRIPT
Prescribed guide for conduct or action
ROUNDELAY
A song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain
WISECRACK
Witty remark
WITTICISM
A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter