apothegmatist

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀποφθέγματος (apophthégmatos) (the genitive of ἀπόφθεγμα (apóphthegma, “a thing uttered; especially, a terse, pointed saying, an apothegm”)) + English -ist (suffix forming nouns denoting people who practise or study particular disciplines).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

apothegmatist (plural apothegmatists)

  1. A collector or maker of apothegms.
    • 1727 (date written), Martinus Scriblerus [pseudonym; Alexander Pope], “ΠΕΡΙ ΒΑΘΟΥΣ : Or, Of the Art of Sinking in Poetry. ”, in The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. , volume VI, London: J and P Knapton , published 1751, →OCLC, chapter XIII (A Project for the Advancement of the Bathos), page 211:
      Novv each man applying his vvhole time and genius upon his particular Figure, vvould doubtleſs attain to perfection; and vvhen each became incorporated and ſvvorn into the Society (as hath been propoſed) a Poet or Orator vvould have no more to do but to ſend to the particular Traders in each Kind, to the Metaphoriſt for his Allegories, to the Simile-maker for his Compariſons, to the Ironiſt for his Sarcaſms, to the Apothegmatiſt for his Sentences, etc. […]

References

  1. ^ “apopthegmatist | apothegmatist, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2018.
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