Epigrammatic Quality Meaning. (poetry) a short, pungent, and often satirical poem, esp one having a witty and ingenious . An aphorism is a short, pithy and a concise statement of a principle and truth while an epigram is a terse, sage, or witty often a paradoxical . Epigrams typically end with a punchline or a . The meaning of epigrammatic is of, relating to, or resembling an epigram.