aphorism
noun
a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Lord Acton).
aphorismic
-
a word derived from
aphorism.
Example Sentences
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When he gets out of this aphorismic metre into a sentence of five or six lines long, nothing can exceed the slovenliness of the English.
From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge
When he gets out of his aphorismic metre into a sentence of five or six lines long, nothing can exceed the slovenliness of the English.” dislike for Dr. Johnson.
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Jacob Zeitlin
That sets the key, so to speak; that ensures that the Universe shall come flowing in, not in a continuous rush, but in aphorismic drops.
From Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
