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Definition: Aphoristic |
AphoristicAdjective1. Containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom". 2. Terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: AphoristicSynonyms: apothegmatic (adj), axiomatic (adj), epigrammatic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Maxim | Adjective: aphoristic, proverbial, phylacteric; axiomatic, gnomic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aphoristic |
| English words defined with "aphoristic": Aphoristical ♦ Gnomical ♦ sententious. (references) |
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| "Aphoristic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Aphoristic" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "aphoristic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me aforizma (gnomic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | афористичен (gnomic, sententious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | aforistický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | aphoristisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | aforizmás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aforistico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | raaoil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aphoristicay aforístico (sententious). (various references) aforistic (aphoristical, gnomic). (various references) афористичный. (various references) aforističan. (various references) aforístico (aphorismic). (various references) афористичний (aphorismic, aphoristical, epigrammatic), багатий на афоризми (aphoristical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "aphoristic": aphoristically. (additional references) | |
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"Aphoristic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afrolistics, aporetic, parodistic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-i-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ahistoric, pistachio, psoriatic. | |
-2 letters: actorish, aoristic, aphorist, apricots, atrophic, chariots, haricots, historic, hospitia, orchitis, parchisi, piscator, rachitis, strophic. | |
-3 letters: airpost, airship, aphotic, apricot, aprotic, captors, carhops, chariot, coprahs, haricot, harpist, isopach, isotach, ophitic, ostrich, pachisi, parotic, photics, picaros, piratic, prosaic, psoatic, satiric, shortia, soritic, spathic, thorias, trophic, tropics. | |
-4 letters: actors, airths, aorist, aortic, ariosi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-i-o-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: diastrophic. | |
+2 letters: antistrophic, diaphoretics, dictatorship, misanthropic, physiocratic. | |
+3 letters: cardiopathies, chiropractics, containership, dictatorships, haruspication, pictographies, prehistorical. | |
+4 letters: actinomorphies, anticensorship, aphoristically, astrophysicist, containerships, harpsichordist, haruspications, hypocoristical, nonpsychiatric, spinthariscope. | |
+5 letters: antiaphrodisiac, archiepiscopate, astrophysicists, bacteriophagies, diastrophically, eutrophications, harpsichordists, historiographic, nonpsychiatrist, prehistorically, psychohistorian, psychometrician, spinthariscopes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 70 68 6F 72 69 73 74 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .--. .... --- .-. .. ... - .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110000 01101000 01101111 01110010 01101001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A p h o r i s t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0070 0068 006F 0072 0069 0073 0074 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35827481847585867569 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albaner, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italienisch, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, rumäne, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englisch, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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