Aphorist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aphorist is a noun meaning A person who creates or recites aphorisms.
Meaning
A person who creates or recites aphorisms.
Example Sentences
[Juhani Siljo]'s natural form of expression was the aphorism; he is one of the best aphorists of his time and in Finnish literature.
In the examination of the revisions which these texts underwent, we have stolen a rare glance into the interior of the workshop of the aphorist.
Leaving the reader to study the details of the discussion in Dr. Ballantyne's aphorisms of the Nyāya (Part Second, pp. 77 ff.), I will pass over most of the Sūtras, and merely quote the principal conclusions of the Nyāya aphorist.
Word Forms
- aphorists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aphorizer, aphorismer, adiaphorist, apophthegm, apothegm, epigrammist.
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