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单词 apophthegm
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apophthegmapothegmn.

/ˈapəθɪm/
Forms: 1500s apothegma, 1500s–1700s apo(ph)thegme, 1600s apophthem, 1600s– apothegm, 1500s– apophthegm.
Etymology: < (perhaps through medieval Latin *apothegma) Greek ἀπόϕθεγμα something clearly spoken, a terse saying, < ἀποϕθέγγ-εσθαι to speak one's opinion clearly, < ἀπό forth + ϕθέγγεσθαι to utter a sound, speak. The spelling apothegm was the more usual till preference was expressed in Johnson's Dict. for apophthegm, which is now more frequent in England. Webster adopts apothegm, which Worcester also thinks ‘perhaps best supported by common usage.’ Compare French apophthegme, Spanish apothegma, Italian apotegma.
A terse, pointed saying, embodying an important truth in few words; a pithy or sententious maxim.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [noun]
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yedOE
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wisdomc1175
bysawe?c1225
riotc1330
sentencec1380
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adage1530
commonplace?1531
adagy1534
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text-motto1880
sententia1917
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1701/2 (margin) Apophthegma of Doctour Taylour.
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 106v His Apothegme or word, Cor vnum, via una.
1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 100/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Graue & pithie Apophthegmes.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 23 The Apothegmes, or reputed replyes of wisdome, whereof many are to be seen in Laertius. View more context for this quotation
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1775 I. 478 Johnson suddenly uttered..an apophthegm, at which many will start: ‘Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.’
1813 J. Jebb Let. 10 Dec. in J. Jebb & A. Knox Thirty Years' Corr. (1834) II. 170 The apothegms too, and aculeated sayings of the ancients.
1832 W. Scott Talisman (1854) 359 Hearing his misery made..the ground of apothegms and proverbs.
1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. v. 514 The rare talent of compressing a mass of profound thought into an apophthegm.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. viii. xxix. 593 The admirable Hebrew apophthegm, ‘Learn to say, “I do not know”.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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