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HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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Gnomic

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

gno=mic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective Gnomic has 1 sense

gnomic(a = adj.pert) - relating to or containing gnomes; "gnomic verse"

Derived form noun

gnome₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Gnomic, a. [Gr. , fr. : cf. F. gnomique. See Gnome maxim.].

Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic. [1913 Webster]

"A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry." [1913 Webster]

Gnomic Poets, Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Gnomic, adj.
1 of, consisting of, or using gnomes or aphorisms; sententious (see GNOME(2)).
2 Gram. (of a tense) used without the implication of time to express a general truth, e.g. men were deceivers ever.

Derivative

gnomically adv.

Etymology

Gk gnomikos (as GNOME(2))

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THESAURUS

Gnomic

Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, aphoristic, aposiopestic, axiomatic, brief, brusque, clipped, close, compact, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, contracted, crisp, curt, cut, docked, elliptic, epigrammatic, formulaic, formulistic, laconic, pithy, platitudinous, pointed, proverbial, pruned, pungent, reserved, sententious, short, short and sweet, shortened, succinct, summary, synopsized, taciturn, terse, tight, to the point, truncated

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Gnomic

Maxim

N maxim, aphorism, apothegm, apophthegm, dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb, sentence, mot, motto, word, byword, moral, phylactery, protasis, axiom, theorem, scholium, truism, postulate, first principles, a priori fact, assumption (supposition), reflection, conclusion, golden rule, principle, principia, profession of faith, settled principle, accepted principle, formula, accepted fact, received truth, wise maxim, sage maxim, received maxim, admitted maxim, recognized maxim, true saying, common saying, hackneyed saying, trite saying, commonplace saying, aphoristic, proverbial, phylacteric, axiomatic, gnomic, as the saying goes, as the saying is, as they say.