[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]