An archaic or formal variant of aphoristic; relating to or characteristic of aphorisms.
From aphoristic + '-al' (alternative adjective suffix), creating a more formal version common in older English texts.
Aphoristical is an example of how English used to prefer longer, fancier-sounding adjectives—today we'd just say aphoristic, but Victorian writers loved that extra '-al.'
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