aphoristic
/æfəˈɹɪstɪk/adjective
aphoristic is an adjective meaning “Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-P-H-O-R-I-S-T-I-C, and it appears about once in every 23 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does aphoristic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce aphoristic?
- /æfəˈɹɪstɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of aphoristic
- more aphoristic comparative
- most aphoristic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is aphoristic?
Aphoristic appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Aphoristic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of, relating to, or containing aphorisms:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | aphoristisch |
| Portuguese | aforístico |
| Spanish | aforístico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aphoristic come from?
From Ancient Greek ἀφορῐστικος (aphorĭstikos), equivalent to aphorist + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).