Apothegmatic \Ap`o*theg*mat"ic\, Apothegmatical \Ap`o*theg*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. 'apofqegmatiko`s.] Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
apothegmatic adj 1: given to or characterized by terse apothegms [syn: {apothegmatical}] 2: terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction" [syn: {aphoristic}, {epigrammatic}]