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apothegmatists

apothegmatists is the plural 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...

Questions about apothegmatists

What is apothegmatists the plural of?
Apothegmatists is the plural of apothegmatist.

Words near apothegmatists in the dictionary

  1. apothegmatise
  2. apothegmatised
  3. apothegmatises
  4. apothegmatising
  5. apothegmatist
  6. apothegmatists
  7. apothegmatize
  8. apothegmatized
  9. apothegmatizes
  10. apothegmatizing
  11. apothegmic

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