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APHORISTIC

• APHORISTIC (adjective)
The adjective APHORISTIC has 2 senses:

1. containing aphorisms or maxims
2. terse and witty and like a maxim

Familiarity information: APHORISTIC used as an adjective is rare.

• APHORISTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Containing aphorisms or maxims

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

aphoristic; axiomatic

Context example:

axiomatic wisdom

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Terse and witty and like a maxim

Synonyms:

epigrammatic; aphoristic; apothegmatic

Context example:

much given to apothegmatic instruction

Similar:

concise (expressing much in few words)

"A pot of milk is ruined by a drop of poison."
(English proverb)
"There is no man nor thing without his defect, and often they have two or three of them"
(Breton proverb)
"The secret to success is to walk forward."
(Arabic proverb)
"Well started is half won."
(Dutch proverb)

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