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Definition of Aphoristic
1. Adjective. Containing aphorisms or maxims. "Axiomatic wisdom"
2. Adjective. Terse and witty and like a maxim. "Much given to apothegmatic instruction"
Similar to: Concise
Derivative terms: Aphorism, Apothegm, Epigram
Definition of Aphoristic
1. a. In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style.
Definition of Aphoristic
1. Adjective. of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, maxims or epigrams; gnomic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aphoristic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphoristic
Literary usage of Aphoristic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1878)
"And if we compare Vauvenargues with any of our English aphoristic writers, there
is not resemblance enough to make the contrast instructive. ..."
2. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1871)
"... is meant to strip either Locke or Pascal of most of his characteristic traits.
And if we compare Vauvenargues with any of our English aphoristic writers ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1857)
"aphoristic Notes on Sanitary Statistics of Workhouses and Charitable Institutions.
By M. ROTH, MD 1. A number of adult disabled persons are kept year after ..."
4. The Art Teaching of John Ruskin by William Gershom Collingwood (1891)
"aphoristic Definitions.—It is not entirely a gain that Mr. Ruskin is so skilled
in epigram and aphorism. Readers sometimes carry away a phrase from his ..."
5. Swift: The Mystery of His Life and Love by James Hay (1891)
"... SWIFT: THE aphoristic PHILOSOPHER. Aphorisms are the generalised expressions
of many human experiences, as doctrines are the crystallised form of the ..."
6. Port Royal: A Contribution to the History of Religion and Literature in France by Charles Beard (1861)
"... into the aphoristic shape. The brevity of many of these fragments, the clear
and incisive style in which they are written, and the difficulty of ..."
7. Men of the Time: Biographical Sketches of Eminent Living Characters ... Also by Alaric Alexander Watts (1856)
"His style is aphoristic and luminous, and his reasoning most severe. In the
administration of his office he has displayed au uniform liberality, ..."
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