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aphorism (s), aphorisms (pl) (noun forms)
1. A statement or saying that is both efficiently presented and either witty or wise.
2. A terse or short, sometimes witty statement, of a general truth or observation.
3. Remarks or sentences, often definitions, that convey the truth about something in a concise and witty way: "Their mother shaped their minds with a steady stream of aphorisms; such as, 'Waste not, want not.' "
4. Etymology: from Middle French aphorisme, aufforisme, from Late Latin aphorismus, from Greek aphorismos, "definition, pithy sentence", from aphorizein, "to mark off, to divide", from apo-, "from" + horizein, "to bound".
2. A terse or short, sometimes witty statement, of a general truth or observation.
3. Remarks or sentences, often definitions, that convey the truth about something in a concise and witty way: "Their mother shaped their minds with a steady stream of aphorisms; such as, 'Waste not, want not.' "
4. Etymology: from Middle French aphorisme, aufforisme, from Late Latin aphorismus, from Greek aphorismos, "definition, pithy sentence", from aphorizein, "to mark off, to divide", from apo-, "from" + horizein, "to bound".