aphorist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aphorist
First recorded in 1705–15; aphor(ize) + -ist
Example Sentences
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The author accurately describes herself as “an aphorist and metaphorist.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Steinberg wasn’t a graphic novelist; he was a graphic aphorist.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2018
“The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake,” said Savielly Tartakower, a Polish grandmaster from the first half of the 20th century and the game’s greatest aphorist.
From The Guardian • Sep. 14, 2016
In years to come, actual critics would argue over whether Mr. Wilson was a brilliant synthesist or merely an accomplished aphorist whose work lacked methodological rigor.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2013
One of our wisest authors, himself a great aphorist, says,—"Proverbs are the sanctuaries of the intuitions."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 by Various
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