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Gnome

Gnome Meaning & Definition
Gnome Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gnome?

[n] a short pithy saying expressing a general truth
[n] a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gnome: dwarf

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See Also | Andvari | axiom | faerie | faery | fairy | maxim | Murphy's Law | Nibelung | Sod's Law | sprite

Gnome In Webster's Dictionary

\Gnome\, n. [F. gnome, prob. fr. Gr. gnw`mon one that knows, a guardian, i. e., of the treasures in the inner parts of the earth, or fr. ? intelligence, both fr. gnw^nai, gignw^skein, to know. See {Know}.] 1. An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc. 2. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A small owl ({Glaucidium gnoma}) of the Western United States. 4. [Gr. ?.] A brief reflection or maxim. --Peacham.

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