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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aphoristic \Aph'o*ris"tic\, Aphoristical \Aph'o*ris"tic*al\, adjective [Gr. ?.] In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style.
The method of the book is aphoristic. --De Quincey.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aphoristic
adjective
1: containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom" [syn: {axiomatic}]
2: terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction" [syn: {apothegmatic}, {epigrammatic}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "aphoristic": Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, aposiopestic, axiomatic, brief, brusque, clipped, close, compact, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, contracted, crisp, curt, cut, docked, elliptic, epigrammatic, formulaic, formulistic, gnomic, laconic, pithy, platitudinous, pointed, proverbial, pruned, pungent, reserved, sententious, short, short and sweet, shortened, succinct, summary, synopsized, taciturn, terse, tight, to the point, truncated
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