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| | epigram | คำคม [วรรณกรรม ๖ มี.ค. ๒๕๔๕] |
| | คำคม | (n) epigram, See also: witticism, wisecrack, celebrated remark, well-known saying, Example: ผมช่วยคิดคำคมเด็ดๆ ไปเชียร์ผู้นำของเขา, Count Unit: คำ, Thai Definition: ถ้อยคำที่หลักแหลมชวนให้คิด | | คำพังเพย | (n) aphorism, See also: proverb, adage, dictum, epigram, Syn. พังเพย, สำนวน, คำคม, Example: ทุกคนในวงการธุรกิจใช้คำพังเพยว่า น้ำขึ้นให้รีบตัก | | สำนวน | (n) aphorism, See also: proverb, idiom, dictum, adage, epigram, Syn. คำพังเพย, คำคม, Example: การทำงานของพ่อลูกคู่นี้ใช้ได้กับสำนวนลูกไม้หล่นไม่ไกลต้นเพราะถอดแบบเดียวกัน, Thai Definition: ถ้อยคำหรือข้อความที่กล่าวสืบต่อกันมาช้านาน มีความหมายไม่ตรงตามตัวหรือมีความหมายอื่นแฝงอยู่ |
| | คำพังเพย | [kham phangpoēi] (n) EN: aphorism ; proverb ; adage ; dictum ; saying ; maxim ; epigram FR: proverbe [ m ] ; dicton [ m ] ; citation [ f ] ; aphorisme [ m ] ; maxime [ f ] ; adage [ m ] | | พังเพย | [phangphoēi] (n) EN: aphorism ; proverb ; adage ; dictum ; saying ; maxim ; epigram ; motto FR: proverbe [ m ] ; dicton [ m ] ; citation [ f ] ; aphorisme [ m ] ; maxime [ f ] ; devise [ f ] ; adage [ m ] |
| | | | Epigram | n. [ L. epigramma, fr. Gr. &unr_; inscription, epigram, fr. &unr_; to write upon, 'epi` upon + &unr_; to write: cf. F. 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Epigrams were originally inscription on tombs, statues, temples, triumphal arches, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The style of the epigram. [ 1913 Webster ] Antithesis, i. e., bilateral stroke, is the soul of epigram in its later and technical signification. B. Cracroft. | | Epigrammatical | { }[ L. epigrammaticus: cf. F. épigrammatique. ] 1. Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an epigrammatical poet. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or sallies of fancy. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Epigrammatic | | Epigrammatically | adv. In the way of epigram; in an epigrammatic style. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Epigrammatist | n. [ L. epigrammatista: cf. F. épigrammatiste. ] One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them. [ 1913 Webster ] The brisk epigrammatist showing off his own cleverness. Holmes. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Epigrammatize | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Epigrammatized p. pr. & vb. n. Epigrammatizing ] To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Epigrammatizer | n. One who writes in an affectedly pointed style. [ 1913 Webster ] Epigrammatizers of our English prose style. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Epigrammist | n. An epigrammatist. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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