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Meaning of Aphorist | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A person who creates or recites aphorisms.

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Examples

“Leaving the reader to study the details of the discussion in Dr. Ballantyne's aphorisms of the Nyāya (Part Second, pp. 77 ff.), I will pass over most of the Sūtras, and merely quote the principal conclusions of the Nyāya aphorist.”
“In the examination of the revisions which these texts underwent, we have stolen a rare glance into the interior of the workshop of the aphorist.”
“[Juhani Siljo]'s natural form of expression was the aphorism; he is one of the best aphorists of his time and in Finnish literature.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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