Definition of Aphorism

Antipathy

APHORISM noun

	Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism. 'The Mad Philosopher,' 1697

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Apologize

Regular definition:

APHORISM:
?æf?r?zm n. 1 a short pithy maxim. 2 a brief statement of a principle. øøaphorist n. aphoristic adj. aphoristically adv. aphorize v.intr. (also -ise). [F aphorisme or LL f. Gk aphorismos definition f. aphorizo (as APO-, horos boundary)]

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