ˌapophthegˈmatical, apothegm-,a. [f. as prec. + -al1.] =prec. 1589Nashe Almond for Parrat 15 b, Such a Chaos of common places no apothegmatical Lycosthenes euer conceited.1603Holland Plutarch 167 (R.) That apophthegmatical and powerful speech of theirs.1837Lytton Athens I. 393 The apothegmatical Hipparchus.