aphorism
To speak or write one or more aphorismsTo speak or write one or more aphorisms (noun sense 2).
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» Nietzsche often selected aphorisms to express his thoughts.
Ницше часто выбирал афоризмы в качестве выражения своих мыслей. — alik_farber
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1 sensesTo speak or write one or more aphorisms (noun sense 2).
Examples
4 sentencesNietzsche often selected aphorisms to express his thoughts.
ruНицше часто выбирал афоризмы в качестве выражения своих мыслей. — alik_farber
"Time is money" is very true as an aphorism.
Aphorisms are coagulations of the naked truth.
ruАфоризмы - это сгустки голой истины. — Abeotat1948
Witty aphorisms attract our attention.
ruОстроумные афоризмы привлекают наше внимание. — BW
Origin
The noun is derived from Late Middle English amphorisme, from Middle French aphorisme, affThe noun is derived from Late Middle English amphorisme, from Middle French aphorisme, afforisme (modern French aphorisme), from Medieval Latin aphorismus, aforismus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓φορῐσμός (ăphorĭsmós, “limitation; distinction, separation; definition; aphorism”), from ἀφορίζω (aphorízō, “to mark off a boundary; to define, determine; to distinguish, separate; etc.”) + -μός (-mós, suffix forming abstract nouns). Ἀφορίζω (Aphorízō) is from ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-, prefix meaning ‘away; from; off’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; off”)) + ὁρίζω (horízō, “to delimit; to define; to determine; to divide, separate; etc.”) (from ὅρος (hóros, “boundary, limit; definition, term; etc.”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werw- (“to draw; to mark out”)) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, “suffix forming similative verbs”)).
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Forms
aphorisms, aphorisming, aphorismed, aphorismed| Base form | aphorism · to aphorism |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | aphorisms |
| Present participle | aphorisming |
| Past simple | aphorismed |
| Past participle | aphorismed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.