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apophthegm

[ ap-uh-them ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

apophthegm

/ ˈæpəˌθɛm; ˌæpəθɛɡˈmætɪk /

a short cryptic remark containing some general or generally accepted truth; maxim

ap·o·phtheg·mat·ic [ap-, uh, -theg-, mat, -ik], apo·phtheg·mati·cal adjective

C16: from Greek apophthegma, from apophthengesthai to speak one's opinion frankly, from phthengesthai to speak

I should prefer to reverse the apophthegm, and to say that in life I see the promise and potency of all forms of matter.

Emphatic fulfillment does his success afford of the celebrated apophthegm of Mulready, "Know what you have to do, and do it."

Madame de Staël repeats this apophthegm in her work on Germany.

He delivered this apophthegm with emphasis, and repeated it in another form.

Faint heart never won fair lady, he said to himself, in some answering apophthegm.

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