gnomic

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English

Etymology

From French gnomique, ultimately from Ancient Greek γνωμικός (gnōmikós), from γνώμη (gnṓmē, “thought, judgement”), akin to γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “know”).

Adjective

gnomic (comparative more gnomic, superlative most gnomic)

  1. Of, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
    • G. R. Lewes
      a city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry.
    • 2013, Adam Roberts, The Riddles of The Hobbit‎, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 17:
      Old English culture was threaded through with riddles, cryptograms, gnomic verses, charms and riddling modes of speech such as litotes, just as Modern English culture is (if you will forgive me) riddled with jokes and catch-phrases, crosswords and quizzes, irony and sarcasm.
  2. (of a saying or aphorism) Mysterious and often incomprehensible yet seemingly wise.
    He always makes gnomic utterances.
    • 2017 April 24, Paul Vitello, “Robert M. Pirsig, Author of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,’ Dies at 88”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      In his part gnomic, part mechanic’s style, Mr. Pirsig’s narrator declares that the real world is a seamless continuum of the material and metaphysical.
  3. (grammar) Expressing general truths or aphorisms.
    gnomic aspect

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gnomique.

Adjective

gnomic m or n (feminine singular gnomică, masculine plural gnomici, feminine and neuter plural gnomice)

  1. gnomic

Declension

Declension of gnomic
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite gnomic gnomică gnomici gnomice
definite gnomicul gnomica gnomicii gnomicele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite gnomic gnomice gnomici gnomice
definite gnomicului gnomicei gnomicilor gnomicelor
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