aphorist
aphorist noun: a person who creates or recites aphorisms.
Noun
aphorist (plural aphorists)
- A person who creates or recites aphorisms.
- Leaving the reader to study the details of the discussion in Dr. Ballantyne's aphorisms of the Nyāya (Part Second, pp. 77 ff.), I will pass over most of the Sūtras, and merely quote the principal conclusions of the Nyāya aphorist.1873, J. Muir, Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, 2nd edition, volume 3, page 110
- In the examination of the revisions which these texts underwent, we have stolen a rare glance into the interior of the workshop of the aphorist.1987, Richard T. Gray, Constructive Destruction: Kafka's Aphorisms: Literary Tradition and Literary Transformation
aphorist meaning in Tamil and Urdu
aphorist in Tamil
- நுற்பா இயற்றுபவர், முதுமொழியாளர்
aphorist in Urdu
- بلیغ گو
Forms of aphorist
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Words formed from aphorist
Questions about aphorist
- What does aphorist mean?
- Aphorist means a person who creates or recites aphorisms.
- What is aphorist in Tamil?
- Aphorist in Tamil is நுற்பா இயற்றுபவர், முதுமொழியாளர். See Aphorist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aphorist?
- Aphorist is a noun.
- What is the plural of aphorist?
- The plural of aphorist is aphorists.
Words near aphorist in the dictionary
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