Apothegmatic

2 definitions found

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

  Apothegmatic \Ap`o*theg*mat"ic\, Apothegmatical
  \Ap`o*theg*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. 'apofqegmatiko`s.]
     Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious;
     pithy.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  apothegmatic
       adj 1: given to or characterized by terse apothegms [syn: {apothegmatical}]
       2: terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to
          apothegmatic instruction" [syn: {aphoristic}, {epigrammatic}]