aphoristic
adj/æfəˈɹɪstɪk/
Etymology From Ancient Greek ἀφορῐστικος (aphorĭstikos), equivalent to aphorist + -ic.
1
Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic.
- Over and above all this, the method of the book is aphoristic; and, as might be expected from that method, without a plan; […]1823, Thomas De Quincey, “Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected. Letter II.”, in Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected; and Other Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XIV), London: James Hogg & Sons, published 1860, →OCLC, page 35:
- Derived terms
- aphoristically, aphoristicity, aphoristicness