aphorist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aphorist
First recorded in 1705–15; aphor(ize) + -ist
Example Sentences
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If there is one immortal distinction Shorter can certainly claim, it’s that of being jazz’s all-time greatest aphorist.
From New York Times
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.
From The New Yorker
Still, buy the premise and you’ll enjoy the bit, as David Letterman, an aphorist of sorts himself, used to say.
From The New Yorker
The only true aphorist of our time, I contend, is Dril.
From New York Times
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.
From The New Yorker
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