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Definition of "apophthegm" [ap•oph•thegm]

  • Variant of apothegm. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "apophthegm" in a sentence
  • "On folio 239. occurs the following apophthegm, which is the one relating to the subject before us: --"
  • "Collier did so, and found that the moral of the Old Bachelor, the grave apophthegm which is to be a set-off against all the libertinism of the piece, is contained in the following triplet: --"
  • "Halpern Sr had always had a gift for the grouchy apophthegm."