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  APHORISM, n.  Predigested wisdom.
  
      The flabby wine-skin of his brain
      Yields to some pathologic strain,
      And voids from its unstored abysm
      The driblet of an aphorism.
                                             "The Mad Philosopher," 1697
  
  

  Aphorism \Aph"o*rism\, n. [F. aphorisme, fr. Gr. ? definition, a
     short, pithy sentence, fr. ? to mark off by boundaries, to
     define; ? from + ? to separate, part. See Horizon.]
     A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words;
     a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather
     than to practical matters.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, ``Life is short,
           and the art is long.''                   --Fleming.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Axiom; maxim; adage; proverb; apothegm; saying; saw;
          truism; dictum. See Axiom.
          [1913 Webster]

  Aphorism \Aph"o*rism\, n. [F. aphorisme, fr. Gr. ? definition, a
     short, pithy sentence, fr. ? to mark off by boundaries, to
     define; ? from + ? to separate, part. See Horizon.]
     A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words;
     a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather
     than to practical matters.
  
           The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, ``Life is short,
           and the art is long.''                   --Fleming.
  
     Syn: Axiom; maxim; adage; proverb; apothegm; saying; saw;
          truism; dictum. See Axiom.

  aphorism
       n : a short pithy instructive saying [syn: apothegm, apophthegm]

  aphorism
     Αγγλικά n.
     ο αφορισμός

  aphorism
     n.
     A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth
  or principle.
     vb.
     To speak or write aphorisms.

  aphorism
     n.
     A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth
  or principle.
     vb.
     To speak or write aphorisms.

  aphorism
     n.
     A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth
  or principle.
     vb.
     To speak or write aphorisms.

  aphorism
     n.
     A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth
  or principle.
     vb.
     To speak or write aphorisms.

  aphorism
     Englanti n.
     aforismi, mietelause

  aphorism
     Engelska n.
     aforism

  aphorism /ˈafəɹˌɪzəm/
  aforisme

  Aphorism /ˈafəɹˌɪzəm/
  المثل

  aphorism //ˈæf.ə.ɹɪ.zəm// /[ˈæf.ə.ɹɪ.zm̩]/ 
  афоризъм
  short phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought

  aphorism /ˈafəɹˌɪzəm/ 
  aforismus

  aphorism /ˈafəɹˌɪzəm/
  Sinnspruch , Gedankensplitter , Aphorismus , Sentenz  [geh.]
   see: apophthegm, apothegm
  

  aphorism /ˈafəɹˌɪzəm/
  
  απόφθεγμα

  aphorism //ˈæf.ə.ɹɪ.zəm// /[ˈæf.ə.ɹɪ.zm̩]/ 
  aforismi, mietelause
  short phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought

  aphorism /æfərizəm/
  aphorisme

  aphorism /ˈafəɹˌɪzəm/ 
  1. सूत्र
        "Aphorisms contain general truth."

  aphorism //ˈæf.ə.ɹɪ.zəm// /[ˈæf.ə.ɹɪ.zm̩]/ 
  格言
  short phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought

  aphorism //ˈæf.ə.ɹɪ.zəm// /[ˈæf.ə.ɹɪ.zm̩]/ 
  aforisme
  short phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought

  aphorism /ˈæfərɪzəm/ 
    aforyzm

  aphorism /æfərizəm/
  aforismo, prolóquio

  aphorism //ˈæf.ə.ɹɪ.zəm// /[ˈæf.ə.ɹɪ.zm̩]/ 
  aforism
  short phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought

  aphorism /ˈafəɹˌɪzəm/
  1. vecize, darbımesel. aphoristic  darbımesel kabilinden.

  
/ˈæfɝˌɪzəm/

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "aphorism":
     abridgment, adage, ana, analects, apothegm, axiom, bon mot,
     boutade, bright idea, bright thought, brilliant idea, brocard,
     byword, catchword, collected sayings, conceit, crack,
     current saying, dictate, dictum, distich, epigram, expression,
     facetiae, flash of wit, flight of wit, gibe, gnome, golden saying,
     happy thought, maxim, moral, mot, motto, nasty crack, oracle,
     persiflage, phrase, pithy saying, play of wit, pleasantry, precept,
     prescript, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, quip,
     quips and cranks, repartee, retort, riposte, rule, sally, saw,
     saying, scintillation, sentence, sententious expression, sloka,
     smart crack, smart saying, snappy comeback, stock saying,
     stroke of wit, sutra, teaching, text, truism, turn of thought,
     verse, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, wisecrack,
     witticism, word, words of wisdom
  
  

  n. 格言,警语;

     n. 格言,警语