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APOPHTHEGM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short pithy instructive saying
Synonyms:
aphorism; apophthegm; apothegm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("apophthegm" is a kind of...):
axiom; maxim (a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits)