Aphoristicness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state, quality, or condition of being aphoristic uncountable

    "[ But ] Tsvetaeva was a poet very much of this world, concrete, surpassing the Acmeists in precision of detail, and in aphoristicness and sarcasm surpassing everybody . More like that of a bird than an angel, her voice always knew[…]"

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"[ But ] Tsvetaeva was a poet very much of this world, concrete, surpassing the Acmeists in precision of detail, and in aphoristicness and sarcasm surpassing everybody . More like that of a bird than an angel, her voice always knew[…]"

Etymology

From aphoristic + -ness.

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