apothegmatic in English

adjective

proverbial, allegorical

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1. Synonyms for Apothegmatic include concise, brief, terse, succinct, compact, pithy, laconic, compendious, crisp and summary

2. Hypernyms ("Apothegm" is a kind of): axiom; maxim (a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits) Derivation: Apothegmatic (terse and witty and like a maxim) Apothegmatic; Apothegmatical (given to or characterized by terse Apothegms)

3. Apotheces apothecia apothecial apothecium: apothegm apothegmatic apothegmatical apothegmatist apothegmatists apothegmatize apothegmatized apothegmatizes apothegmatizing apothegms: Literary usage of Apothece

4. A short cryptic remark containing some general or generally accepted truth; maxim [C16: from Greek apophthegma, from apophthengesthai to speak one's opinion frankly, from phthengesthai to speak] apophthegmatic, Apothegmatic adj.

5. In Play: Here are some examples of Apothegms: "Many of today's cynical Apothegms like, 'Every man for himself,' and 'It's a dog-eat-dog world' are attributed to the Greek philosopher, Hepititis." Speeches and articles may be apothegmatic: "Marko packed his talk with Apothegms in, I …