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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. given to or characterized by terse apothegms;
[syn: apothegmatic, apothegmatical]

2. terse and witty and like a maxim;
- Example: "much given to apothegmatic instruction"
[syn: aphoristic, apothegmatic, epigrammatic]



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]


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]