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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aphoristic adj 1: containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom" [syn: {axiomatic}] 2: terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction" [syn: {apothegmatic}, {epigrammatic}]
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