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Gnomic

Gnomic Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gnomic? [adj] relating to or containing gnomes; "gnomic verse" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gnomic: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gnomic: 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 \| Spartan \| succinct \| summary \| synopsized \| taciturn \| terse \| tight \| to the point \| truncated See Also \| Gnomic In Webster's Dictionary \Gnom"ic\, Gnomical \Gnom"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. gnomique. See {Gnome} maxim.] Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic. A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry. --G. R. Lewes. {Gnomic Poets}, Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.

Gnomic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gnomic?

[adj] relating to or containing gnomes; "gnomic verse"

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Gnomic In Webster's Dictionary

\Gnom"ic\, Gnomical \Gnom"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf.
F. gnomique. See {Gnome} maxim.]
Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking
detached thoughts; aphoristic.

      A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic
      poetry.                                  --G. R. Lewes.

{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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