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8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a short pithy instructive saying
originThe noun is derived from Late Middle English amphorisme, from Middle French aphorisme, afforisme (modern French aphorisme), from Medieval Latin aphorismus, aforismus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓φορῐσμός (ăphorĭsmós, “limitation; distinction, separation; definition; aphorism”), from ἀφορίζω (aphorízō, “to mark off a boundary; to define, determine; to distinguish, separate; etc.”) + -μός (-mós, suffix…
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- morphia 14
- orphism 14
- rompish 14
- mishap 13
- mopish 13
- morphs 13
- shrimp 13
- mohairs 12
- morph 12
- pashm 12
- ihrams 11
- marish 11