Apothegm or apophthegm is a noun for a concise, clever, and moral saying.
Apothegm, also apophthegm (AP-uh-them), is a noun for a short, witty, and instructive saying.
| Front | apothegm, also apophthegm \AP-uh-them\ |
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| Back | noun A short, witty, and instructive saying. "The rare talent of compressing a mass of profound thought into an apophthegm." |
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