epigram

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

ep·i·gram (ĕpʹĭ-grăm')n.
1. A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation.
2. A concise, clever, often paradoxical statement. See Synonyms at saying.
3. Epigrammatic discourse or expression. [Middle English, from Old French epigramme, from Latin epigramma, from Greek, from epigraphein, to mark the surface, inscribe : epi-, epi- + graphein, to write; See gerbh- in Indo-European Roots.]