gnostic

gnostic

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic
   • 1988 September 16, Robert McClory, “Heal Thy Neighbor”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     Maggie (as she is usually called) says she is constantly amazed at Kast's "almost gnostic outlook" on life.

2. (archaic, slang) knowing; wise; shrewd
   • 1823 December 23 (indicated as 1824), [Walter Scott], St Ronan’s Well. , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:

     I said you were a d—d gnostic fellow.

gnostic (plural gnostics)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic

• cognits, contigs, costing, scoting

Borrowed from French gnostique, from Ancient Greek γνωστικός (gnōstikós, “relating to knowledge”), from γνωστός (gnōstós, “known”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I know”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡnos.tik/

gnostic m or n (feminine singular gnostică, masculine plural gnostici, feminine and neuter plural gnostice)

1. Gnostic; of or pertaining to Gnosticism

gnostic m (plural gnostici, feminine equivalent gnostică)

1. a Gnostic; an adherent of Gnosticism

• gnosticism