[af-er-ist] 
| a person who makes or uses aphorisms. |
| aph·o·rism (āf'ə-rĭz'əm) n.
[French aphorisme, from Old French, from Late Latin aphorismus, from Greek aphorismos, from aphorizein, to delimit, define : apo-, apo- + horizein, to delimit, define; see horizon.] aph'o·rist n., aph'o·ris'tic (-rĭs'tĭk) adj., aph'o·ris'ti·cal·ly adv. |
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