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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

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gnome: adage | ana | analects | aphorism | apothegm | Ariel | axiom | banshee | Befind | brocard | brownie | byword | catchword | cluricaune | collected sayings | Corrigan | current saying | dictate | dictum | distich | dwarf | elemental | elemental spirit | elf | epigram | expression | fairy | fairy queen | fay | Finnbeara | goblin | golden saying | gremlin | hob | homunculus | imp | kobold | leprechaun | Lilliputian | Mab | manikin | maxim | midge | midget | moral | mot | motto | Oberon | oracle | ouphe | peewee | peri | phrase | pip-squeak | pithy saying | pixie | pooka | precept | prescript | proverb | proverbial saying | proverbs | puca | pwca | pygmy | rule | runt | salamander | saw | saying | sentence | sententious expression | shrimp | sloka | sprite | stock saying | sutra | sylph | sylphid | teaching | text | Titania | Tom Thumb | truism | undine | verse | wart | wisdom | wisdom literature | wise saying | witticism | word | words of wisdom

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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