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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Apothegm

/ăpʹə-thĕm′/ · Ap·o·thegm · IPA /ˈæ.pə.θɛm/
01 n. A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.
  1. 1.
    A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.