apothegmatic

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apothegmatic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Apothegmatic \Ap`o*theg*mat"ic\, Apothegmatical
  \Ap`o*theg*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. 'apofqegmatiko`s.]
     Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious;
     pithy.
     [1913 Webster]

apothegmatic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  apothegmatic
      adj 1: given to or characterized by terse apothegms [syn:
             apothegmatic, apothegmatical]
      2: terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic
         instruction" [syn: aphoristic, apothegmatic,
         epigrammatic]