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APOTHEGM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short pithy instructive saying
Synonyms:
aphorism; apophthegm; apothegm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("apothegm" is a kind of...):
axiom; maxim (a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits)
Derivation:
apothegmatic (terse and witty and like a maxim)
apothegmatic; apothegmatical (given to or characterized by terse apothegms)
