Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aphoristic"
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) 1.7 (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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