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APOTHEGM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does apothegm mean?
• APOTHEGM (noun)
The noun APOTHEGM has 1 sense:
1. a short pithy instructive saying
Familiarity information: APOTHEGM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short pithy instructive saying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
aphorism; apophthegm; apothegm
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)
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