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apophthegmatist

apophthegmatist is the alternative form of apothegmatist.

Meaning of apothegmatist

Noun

apothegmatist (plural apothegmatists)

  1. A collector or maker of apothegms.
    • Novv each man applying his vvhole time and genius upon his particular Figure, vvould doubtleſs attain to perfection; and vvhen each became incorporated and ſvvorn into the Society (as hath been propoſed) a Poet or Orator vvould have no more to do but to ſend to the particular Traders in each Kind...1727 (date written), Martinus Scriblerus [pseudonym; Alexander Pope], “ΠΕΡΙ ΒΑΘΟΥΣ [Peri Bathous]: Or, Of the Art of Sinking in Poetry. […]”, in The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. […], volume VI...

Forms of apophthegmatist

pluralapophthegmatists

Questions about apophthegmatist

What is apophthegmatist the alternative form of?
Apophthegmatist is the alternative form of apothegmatist.

Words near apophthegmatist in the dictionary

  1. apophthegmatically
  2. apophthegmatise
  3. apophthegmatised
  4. apophthegmatises
  5. apophthegmatising
  6. apophthegmatist
  7. apophthegmatists
  8. apophthegmatize
  9. apophthegmatized
  10. apophthegmatizes
  11. apophthegmatizing

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