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aphorist

[af-er-ist]

aph·o·rist

[af-er-ist]
noun
a person who makes or uses aphorisms.

Origin:
1705–15; aphor(ize) + -ist
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aphorism (ˈæfəˌrɪzəm)
 
n
a short pithy saying expressing a general truth; maxim
 
[C16: from Late Latin aphorismus, from Greek aphorismos definition, from aphorizein to define, set limits to, from horos boundary]
 
'aphorist
 
n

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