Definitions for apothegm

apothegm ap·o·thegm

Spelling: [ap-uh-them]
IPA: /ˈæp əˌθɛm/

Apothegm is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 309 anagrams from letters in apothegm (aeghmopt).

Definitions for apothegm

noun

  1. a short, pithy, instructive saying; a terse remark or aphorism.

Origin of apothegm

1545-55; earlier apothegma Greek apóphthegma, equivalent to apophtheg- (variant stem of apophthéngesthai to speak out; apo- apo- + phthéngesthai to speak) + -ma noun s

Examples for apothegm

I remembered this apothegm of Jane's, which sounded well, and fitted in nicely just here.

It has been an apothegm these five thousand years, that toil sweetens the bread it earns.

That a style of this kind should be rich in apothegm is not surprising.

There was the resplendent 'Judgment in Heaven,' with the trenchant Elizabethan apothegm of its epilogue.

This apothegm is based upon reason, justice and sound philosophy.

But the truth of this apothegm was not sustained in the present instance.

Let me die upon this apothegm, for I shall never make a truer one.

With this apothegm from the storehouse of her lately acquired wisdom, she passed to the next paragraph.

The trouble with Riderhood's apothegm is that it supplies an endless excuse for not doing it.

An apothegm is a terse statement of what is plain or easily proved.

Word Value for apothegm
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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