aphorist

[af-er-ist]

noun

1. a person who makes or uses aphorisms.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aphorist¹

First recorded in 1705–15; aphor(ize) + -ist

Example Sentences

If there is one immortal distinction Shorter can certainly claim, it’s that of being jazz’s all-time greatest aphorist.

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Clive’s appreciations, in that book, ranged from the filmmaker Michael Mann to the Austrian aphorist Alfred Polgar, alongside damnations of his devils, including, controversially but persuasively, one on Walter Benjamin.

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Certainly, the Australian aphorist James Guida seems at his very best when he writes long: “Nobody need leave their bathroom to taste the ‘big’ truths.

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The only true aphorist of our time, I contend, is Dril.

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If most aphorists are addicted to assertion, telling readers what is and is not, there is always the option of shunning the verb to be and its imperious rule.

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