Definition of aphorism

"aphorism" in the noun sense

1. aphorism, apothegm, apophthegm

a short pithy instructive saying

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Quotations for aphorism

Proverbs are potted wisdom. [ Charles Buxton ]

Apology is only egotism wrong side out. [ O. W. Holmes ]

I love to lose myself in other men's minds. [ Lamb ]

Apothegms form a short cut to much knowledge. [ Hood ]

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one. [ Dumas, Fils ]

Potted wisdom: Short sentences drawn from long experiences. [ Cervantes ]

Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous. [ Abd el-Kader ]

They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps. [ Shakespeare ]

Books are the beehives of thought; laconics the honey taken from them. [ James Ellis ]

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly. [ Whipple ]

The healthy know not of their health, but only the sick: this is the physician's aphorism, and applicable in a far wider sense than he gives it. [ Carlyle ]

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms; and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism. [ Coleridge ]

How many of us have been attracted to reason, first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism. [ Lord Lytton ]

I fancy mankind may come in time to write all aphoristically, except in narration; grow weary of preparation and connection and illustration, and all those arts by which a big book is made. [ Dr. Johnson ]

If these little sparks of holy fire which I have thus heaped up together do not give life to your prepared and already enkindled spirit, yet they will sometimes help to entertain a thought, to actuate a passion, to employ and hallow a fancy. [ Jeremy Taylor ]

aphorism in Scrabble®

The word aphorism is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters aphorism:

APHORISM
(144)
APHORISM
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

amorphs

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word aphorism

APHORISM
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In aphorism

APHORISM
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APHORISM
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AMORPHS
(106 = 56 + 50)
AMORPHS
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AMORPHS
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APHORISM
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aphorism in Words With Friends™

The word aphorism is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters aphorism:

AMORPHS
(110 = 75 + 35)
AMORPHS
(110 = 75 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

amorphs

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word aphorism

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In aphorism

AMORPHS
(110 = 75 + 35)
AMORPHS
(110 = 75 + 35)
APHORISM
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APHORISM
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AMORPHS
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MOPISH
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(86 = 51 + 35)
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MISHAP
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APHORISM
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MOHAIR
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Words containing the sequence aphorism

Words that start with aphorism (2 words)

Words with aphorism in them (1 word)

Words that end with aphorism (1 word)

Word Growth involving aphorism

Shorter words in aphorism

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Longer words containing aphorism

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