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Aphoristic definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APHORIS'TIC,
APHORIS'TICAL, a. In the form of an aphorism; in the form of short unconnected sentences; as an aphoristic style.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom" [syn: axiomatic, aphoristic]
2: terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction" [syn: aphoristic, apothegmatic, epigrammatic]

Merriam Webster's

adjective see aphorism

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Aphoristic 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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