About The Word Gnomic
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Gnomic
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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.
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