EPIGRAM
epigram, quip
(noun) a witty saying
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
epigram (plural epigrams)
(obsolete) An inscription in stone.
A brief but witty saying.
A short, witty or pithy poem.
Anagrams
• primage
Source: Wiktionary
Ep"i*gram, n. Etym: [L. epigramma, fr. Gr. épigramme. See Graphic.]
1. A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought
or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the
reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often
satirical in character.
Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram Shak.
Note: Epigrams were originally inscription on tombs, statues,
temples, triumphal arches, etc.
2. An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply
expressed, whether in verse or prose.
3. The style of the epigram.
Antithesis, i. e., bilateral stroke, is the soul of epigram in its
later and technical signification. B. Cracroft.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition