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apophthegm

[ ap-uh-them ]

noun



apophthegm

/ ˌæpəθɛɡˈmætɪk; ˈæpəˌθɛm /

noun

  1. a short cryptic remark containing some general or generally accepted truth; maxim
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • apophthegmatic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • ap·o·phtheg·mat·ic [ap-, uh, -theg-, mat, -ik], apo·phtheg·mati·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of apophthegm1

C16: from Greek apophthegma, from apophthengesthai to speak one's opinion frankly, from phthengesthai to speak
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Example Sentences

I should prefer to reverse the apophthegm, and to say that in life I see the promise and potency of all forms of matter.

Emphatic fulfillment does his success afford of the celebrated apophthegm of Mulready, "Know what you have to do, and do it."

Madame de Staël repeats this apophthegm in her work on Germany.

He delivered this apophthegm with emphasis, and repeated it in another form.

Faint heart never won fair lady, he said to himself, in some answering apophthegm.

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