gnomic
1[ noh-mik, nom-ik ]
/ ˈnoʊ mɪk, ˈnɒm ɪk /
adjective
of, relating to, or resembling a gnome.
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1gnomic
2[ noh-mik, nom-ik ]
/ ˈnoʊ mɪk, ˈnɒm ɪk /
adjective
like or containing gnomes or aphorisms.
of, relating to, or noting a writer of aphorisms, especially any of certain Greek poets.
Also gno·mi·cal.
Origin of gnomic
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gnomical
/ (ˈnəʊmɪk, ˈnɒm-) /
adjective
consisting of, containing, or relating to gnomes or aphorisms
of or relating to a writer of such sayings
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gnomic
"full of instructive sayings," 1815, from French gnomique (18c.) and directly from Late Latin gnomicus "concerned with maxims, didactic," from Greek gnomikos, from gnome "thought, opinion, maxim, intelligence," from root of gignoskein "to come to know" (see gnostic). English gnome meant "short, pithy statement of general truth" (1570s). Gnomical is attested from 1610s.
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