8 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
noun a short pithy instructive saying
originFrom French apophthegme or Medieval Latin apothegma, from Ancient Greek ἀπόφθεγμα (apóphthegma), from ἀποφθέγγομαι (apophthéngomai, “speak out”).
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