About The Word Aphoristic
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Aphoristic
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What's The Definition Of Aphoristic?
[adj] terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction"
[adj] containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom" Synonyms | Synonyms for Aphoristic: apothegmatic | axiomatic | concise | epigrammatic Related Terms | Find terms related to Aphoristic: abbreviated | abridged | aposiopestic | axiomatic | brief | brusque | clipped | close | compact | compendious | compressed | concise | condensed | contracted | crisp | curt | cut | docked | elliptic | epigrammatic | formulaic | formulistic | gnomic | laconic | pithy | platitudinous | pointed | proverbial | pruned | pungent | reserved | sententious | short | short and sweet | shortened | Spartan | succinct | summary | synopsized | taciturn | terse | tight | to the point | truncated See Also | Aphoristic In Webster's Dictionary \Aph`o*ris"tic\, Aphoristical \Aph`o*ris"tic*al\, a.
[Gr. ?.]
In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form
of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style.
The method of the book is aphoristic. --De Quincey.
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