Apothegmatic

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}]

from The 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]

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