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A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters.

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  1. n. A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters.
  2. n. a short pithy instructive saying
  3. A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters. The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, "Life is short, and the art is long." Fleming. Syn. -- Axiom; maxim; adage; proverb; apothegm; saying; saw; truism; dictum. See Axiom.
  4. A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; asharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than topractical matters.The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, "Life is short, and the art islong." Fleming.
  5. n:100 n. a short pithy instructive saying