aphorist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aphorist
First recorded in 1705–15; aphor(ize) + -ist
Example Sentences
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If there is one immortal distinction Shorter can certainly claim, it’s that of being jazz’s all-time greatest aphorist.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023
Certainly, the Australian aphorist James Guida seems at his very best when he writes long: “Nobody need leave their bathroom to taste the ‘big’ truths.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019
“When we feel that we cannot gain the good opinion of another,” the 18th-century French aphorist Vauvenargues wrote, “we come very near to hating him.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 15, 2018
He was an aphorist, a progressive journalist, a provocative essayist and a tragedian.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2018
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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