verb
- to speak or write in aphorisms; to express ideas in the form of brief, memorable sayings
Usage: rare; literary
Examples
- The old professor loved to aphorize about life’s lessons.
- Rather than give a long lecture, she preferred to aphorize her wisdom.
- He would aphorize constantly, turning every conversation into a series of pithy observations.
- The writer’s tendency to aphorize made his essays both memorable and quotable.
- She learned not to aphorize too much, as it made her sound pretentious.