epigram

epigram is a Noun

Definition:

[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.

[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.