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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. The first aphorism of Hippocrates is ``Life is short, and the art is long.'' --Fleming. Syn: Axiom; maxim; adage; proverb; apothegm; saying; saw; truism; dictum. See {Axiom}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aphorism n : a short pithy instructive saying [syn: {apothegm}, {apophthegm}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: 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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