n. [ See Adiaphorous. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A writer or utterer of aphorisms. [ 1913 Webster ]
The method of the book is aphoristic. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who makes metaphors. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who manages or operates a semaphore. [ 1913 Webster ]