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Definition of Aphorist
1. Noun. Someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms.
Definition of Aphorist
1. n. A writer or utterer of aphorisms.
Definition of Aphorist
1. Noun. A person who writes or recites aphorisms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aphorist
1. one that aphorizes [n -S] - See also: aphorizes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphorist
Literary usage of Aphorist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India by John Muir (1873)
"I will pass over most of the Sutras, and merely quote the principal conclusions
of the Nyaya aphorist. In Sutra 86 he says in opposition to the 13th Sutra ..."
2. Recent Christian Progress: Studies in Christian Thought and Work During the by Lewis Bayles Paton, Hartford Theological Seminary (1909)
"Hence the historian must here turn aphorist, forgetting much and exaggerating
... If the aphorist be allowed his proper freedom, all these movements may be ..."
3. The Sánkhya Aphorisms of Kapila: With Illustrative Extracts from the by Kapila, James Robert Ballantyne, Fitzedward Hall (1885)
"The aphorist would not be confounded with those who denied what he waited to see
evidenced. The attitude which he assumed is that of suspense of judgment on ..."
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