Aphoristic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           The method of the book is aphoristic.    --De Quincey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "aphoristic":
     Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, aposiopestic, axiomatic, brief,
     brusque, clipped, close, compact, compendious, compressed, concise,
     condensed, contracted, crisp, curt, cut, docked, elliptic,
     epigrammatic, formulaic, formulistic, gnomic, laconic, pithy,
     platitudinous, pointed, proverbial, pruned, pungent, reserved,
     sententious, short, short and sweet, shortened, succinct, summary,
     synopsized, taciturn, terse, tight, to the point, truncated