gnomic

English

Etymology

From French gnomique, ultimately from Ancient Greek γνωμικός (gnōmikós), from γνώμη (gnṓmē, “thought, judgement”), akin to γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “know”).

Adjective

gnomic (comparative more gnomic, superlative most gnomic)

Of, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
- G. R. Lewes
  a city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry
(of a saying or aphorism) Mysterious and often incomprehensible yet seemingly wise.
He always makes gnomic utterances.

Translations

of or relating to gnomes

mysterious and incomprehensible yet seemingly wise

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Spanish: enigmático (es)

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