aphorism

Meanings

Noun

• A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.

Verb

• To speak or write aphorisms.

Origin

• From Middle French aphorisme, from Late Latin aphorismus, from Ancient Greek ἀφορισμός ("pithy phrase containing a general truth"), from ἀφορίζω, from ἀπό + ὁρίζω, from ὅρος.