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Gnomic   /nˈoʊmɪk/   Listen
Gnomic

adjective
1.
Relating to or containing gnomes.





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"Gnomic" Quotes from Famous Books



... like nearly all the dramatists of his day and of times much earlier, Shakespeare was fond of 'gnomic' passages, and introduces them probably not more freely than his readers like, but more freely than, I suppose, a good play-wright now would care to do. These passages, it may be observed, are frequently rhymed (e.g. Othello, I. ...
— Shakespearean Tragedy - Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth • A. C. Bradley


Words linked to "Gnomic" :   gnome


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