Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having the character of an apothegm; containing an apothegm or apothegms; sententious.
- Given to the use of apothegms.
- Also spelled
apophthegmatic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to, or in the manner of, an
apothegm ;sententious ;pithy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective terse and witty and like a maxim
- adjective given to or characterized by terse apothegms
Etymologies
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Examples
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No one, right or left, delivers the required apothegmatic commentary on the world with as much glee or effectiveness as Coulter.
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No one, right or left, delivers the required apothegmatic commentary on the world with as much glee or effectiveness as Coulter.
Screwballs in short skirts Amazonfemme 2005
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As if to bring competing energies under control, Blue Blood 's abiding tone is almost compulsively apothegmatic.
A Quietly Remarkable Memoir Walks a Beat From H.U. to NYPD 2004
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This apothegmatic or proverbial quality in Montaigne had a very important sequel of fruitful influence on subsequent French writers, as chapters to follow in this volume will abundantly show.
Classic French Course in English William Cleaver Wilkinson
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The Moro seemed astonished, but appreciated the reason, and had his first lesson in the apothegmatic saying that all is not gold which glitters.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel
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During my walk this afternoon, I recollected, from the scattered pigeon-holes of memory, and arranged in consequent order, at least a score of good old apothegmatic shafts against the sex.
The Cardinal's Snuff-Box Henry Harland 1883
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xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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Yet sentence by sentence, Hamilton strove to shape his style to Washington’s, making it graver and more apothegmatic.
Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999
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