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aphorism
(encz) | aphorism,aforismus n: Zdeněk Brož |
Aphorism
(gcide) | Aphorism \Aph"o*rism\, n. [F. aphorisme, fr. Gr. ? definition, a
short, pithy sentence, fr. ? to mark off by boundaries, to
define; ? from + ? to separate, part. See Horizon.]
A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words;
a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather
than to practical matters.
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The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, "Life is short,
and the art is long." --Fleming.
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Syn: Axiom; maxim; adage; proverb; apothegm; saying; saw;
truism; dictum. See Axiom.
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aphorism
(wn) | aphorism
n 1: a short pithy instructive saying [syn: aphorism,
apothegm, apophthegm] |
aphorism
(devil) | APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.
The flabby wine-skin of his brain
Yields to some pathologic strain,
And voids from its unstored abysm
The driblet of an aphorism.
"The Mad Philosopher," 1697
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aphorisms
(encz) | aphorisms,aforismy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Adiaphorism
(gcide) | Adiaphorism \Ad`i*aph"o*rism\ ([a^]d`[i^]*[a^]f"[-o]*r[i^]z'm),
n.
Religious indifference.
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Aphorism
(gcide) | Aphorism \Aph"o*rism\, n. [F. aphorisme, fr. Gr. ? definition, a
short, pithy sentence, fr. ? to mark off by boundaries, to
define; ? from + ? to separate, part. See Horizon.]
A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words;
a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather
than to practical matters.
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The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, "Life is short,
and the art is long." --Fleming.
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Syn: Axiom; maxim; adage; proverb; apothegm; saying; saw;
truism; dictum. See Axiom.
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Aphorismatic
(gcide) | Aphorismatic \Aph`o*ris*mat"ic\, Aphorismic \Aph`o*ris"mic\, a.
Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.
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Aphorismer
(gcide) | Aphorismer \Aph`o*ris"mer\n.
A dealer in aphorisms. [Used in derogation or contempt.]
--Milton.
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Aphorismic
(gcide) | Aphorismatic \Aph`o*ris*mat"ic\, Aphorismic \Aph`o*ris"mic\, a.
Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.
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