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aphoristic

[ af-uh-ris-tik ]

adjective

  1. of, like, or containing aphorisms:

    His sermons were richly aphoristic.

  2. given to making or quoting aphorisms.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹±è³óo·°ù¾±²õt¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôa±è³ó·´Ç·°ù¾±²õt¾±³¦ adjective
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôa±è³ó·´Ç·°ù¾±²õt¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aphoristic1

From the Greek word ²¹±è³ó´Ç°ù¾±²õ³Ù¾±°ìó²õ, dating back to 1745–55. See aphorist, -ic
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That’s nothing new: For decades, Davis has specialized in aphoristic stories that thrive on wordplay, rhythm and irony while avoiding easy sarcasm or dad jokes.

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Home being aphoristically the place when you go there they have to take you in, Sully does, but it’s an uneasy reunion.

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All became the grist for her dark satire, laced with wry, aphoristic asides on the human condition.

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The chapters are short; the tone is aphoristic; the eye for cultural and social detail is Tom Wolfe-like.

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The results are alternately — or sometimes simultaneously — profound, hysterical, saccharine, aphoristic, rhapsodic, loopy and unhinged, a kind of timeless-yet-woke Generation Alpha version of Charles Schulz’s “The Doctor Is In.â€

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