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Meanings of
apothegm
in English
Portuguese
prolóquio
Catalan
aforisme
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A short pithy instructive saying.
aphorism
apophthegm
Portuguese
prolóquio
Russian
апофегмат
Portuguese
apotegma
Catalan
apotegma
Spanish
apotegma
Back to the meaning
Apothegms.
apothegms
Russian
апофегмат
Usage of
apothegm
in English
1
It is expressed in maxim and
apothegm
,
in play and poem.
2
And the woman merely became irrelevant with her
apothegm
about foreigners.
3
Among them, Anderson's ideas and comments were included, flanked by an occasional
apothegm
.
4
The second, chosen presumably for the sake of the paradox, was the French
apothegm
:
5
That last
apothegm
might be the motto of this book.
6
Let me die upon this
apothegm
,
for I shall never make a truer one.
7
The Delphic
apothegm
,
"Know thyself," was said to have descended from heaven:
8
The girl died without profiting by this official
apothegm
.
9
Jeff chuckled at the
apothegm
even while he protested.
10
I dared make no retort to Zenobia's concluding
apothegm
.
11
Madame Gréville's final
apothegm
had suggested one of them.
12
One might gather the impression that the
apothegm
of Sir William Hamilton needed a slight amendment.
13
It has been an
apothegm
these five thousand years, that toil sweetens the bread it earns.
14
He begins to doubt the wisdom of reliance upon that worn
apothegm
about absence conquering love.
15
The great poet Mutanebbi has given us an
apothegm
of great power on this very subject.
16
Zoe took no notice of this droll
apothegm
.
Other examples for "apothegm"
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apothegm
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
conclude apothegm
cryptic apothegm
curious apothegm
droll apothegm
final apothegm
More collocations
Translations for
apothegm
Portuguese
prolóquio
aforisma
aforismo
apotegma
Catalan
aforisme
apotegma
Russian
апофегмат
апофегма
апофтегма
апоффегма
апофегмата
Spanish
apotegma
Apothegm
through the time