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apothegms

apothegms is the plural of apothegm.

Meaning of apothegm

Noun

apothegm (plural apothegms)

  1. A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
    • Every glaſs of wine, or bit almoſt, that I committed to my mouth, ſhe uſhered thither with ſome Apothegm or other: the whole ſeries, indeed, of her diſcourſe, was compoſed of nothing but reaſon or wit, which made me admire her; which ſhe eaſily underſtood, I perceived by her ſmiles, when ſhe...1665, Richard Head, The English Rogue: Deſcribed, in the Life of Merington Latroon, A Witty Extravagant, Being a Compleat Hiſtory of the Moſt Eminent Cheats of Both Sexes, Henry Marsh, page 355
    Synonyms:
    byword, saying, adage, saw, proverb, maxim, apophthegm, dictum, gnome, gnomic saying

Questions about apothegms

What is apothegms the plural of?
Apothegms is the plural of apothegm.

Words near apothegms in the dictionary

  1. apothegmatize
  2. apothegmatized
  3. apothegmatizes
  4. apothegmatizing
  5. apothegmic
  6. apothegms
  7. apotheke
  8. apothekes
  9. apothem
  10. apothems
  11. apotheose

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