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apophthegmatic

apophthegmatic is the alternative form of apothegmatic.

Meaning of apothegmatic

Adjective

apothegmatic (comparative more apothegmatic, superlative most apothegmatic)

  1. Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
    • On R. H. Tawney, Professor Ashton is most discerning in his judgment of the humane radicalism and apothegmatic vigour that characterized a great teacher who studied the historical making of wealth, while thinking wealth vile.1963 December, “Rank and Power”, in Peter Quennell, Alan Hodge, editors, History Today, volume 13, number 12, London, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 809

Forms of apophthegmatic

comparativemore apophthegmatic
superlativemost apophthegmatic

Questions about apophthegmatic

What is apophthegmatic the alternative form of?
Apophthegmatic is the alternative form of apothegmatic.

Words near apophthegmatic in the dictionary

  1. apophonic
  2. apophonically
  3. apophonies
  4. apophony
  5. apophthegm
  6. apophthegmatic
  7. apophthegmatical
  8. apophthegmatically
  9. apophthegmatise
  10. apophthegmatised
  11. apophthegmatises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apophthegmatic (page history and authors); apothegmatic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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