" epigram "

[Noun]  | "ep*i*gram" | \ ˈe-pə-ˌgram \

1: a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought

2: a terse, sage, or witty and often paradoxical saying

3: epigrammatic expression

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English epigrame, borrowed from Latin epigrammat-, epigramma "inscription, epitaph, epigram," borrowed from Greek epigrammat-, epígramma "inscription on a tomb, monument or work of art" (Late Greek, "short poem, epigram"), from epigráphein "to mark the surface of, graze, scratch a mark on, inscribe" (from epi- {see: |epi-|epi-} + gráphein "to cut into, scratch, inscribe, write") + -mat-, -ma, resultative noun suffix {mat|carve|};

[Noun]  | "epigram"