Crossword clues for aphoristic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aphoristic \Aph`o*ris"tic\, Aphoristical \Aph`o*ris"tic*al\, a. In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style.
The method of the book is aphoristic.
--De Quincey.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1753, from Greek aphoristikos (see aphorism). Aphoristically is from 1650s.
Wiktionary
a. of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, maxims or epigrams; gnomic
WordNet
adj. containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom" [syn: axiomatic]
terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction" [syn: apothegmatic, epigrammatic]
Usage examples of "aphoristic".
His wisdom shone forth in an oration so persuasive and aphoristic that had it not been based on a plea against honour, it would have made Sir Austin waver.
Vernon had to fall back upon Greek and Latin aphoristic shots at the sex to believe it.
Whereas Ruskin throws out a multitude of aphoristic utterances about many different aspects of nature, which will provide us with further starting-points for our own observation and thought, Howard is concerned with a single sphere of phenomena, that of cloud formation.
The decor was stylish to a point where it transcended style and entered the realms of perspicuous harmony, shunning grandiloquent ornamentation in favour of a visual concinnity, garnered from aesthetic principles, which combined the austerity of Bauhaus and ebullience of Burges14 into an eclectic mix before stripping them down to their fundamental essentials, to create an effect which was almost aphoristic, in that it could be experienced but never completely expressed.
After that, he made a series of aphoristic comments which some have taken to be poems, and other have taken to be seeds for future scientific research.
In concise, aphoristic remarks, he goes on to specify what he learned from each of these five composers.
Without this supremely aphoristic skill, the complex network of narrative and discursive lines could not sustain the balance necessary to the unity of the novel and would risk extending beyond novelistic writing itself.
Whereas Ruskin throws out a multitude of aphoristic utterances about many different aspects of nature, which will provide us with further starting-points for our own observation and thought, Howard is concerned with a single sphere of phenomena, that of cloud formation.