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aphorists

aphorists is the plural of aphorist.

Meaning of aphorist

Noun

aphorist (plural aphorists)

  1. 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

Questions about aphorists

What is aphorists the plural of?
Aphorists is the plural of aphorist.

Words near aphorists in the dictionary

  1. aphoristic
  2. aphoristical
  3. aphoristically
  4. aphoristicity
  5. aphoristicness
  6. aphorists
  7. aphorize
  8. aphorized
  9. aphorizer
  10. aphorizers
  11. aphorizes

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