Usually means: Expressing general truths or maxims.
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  1. gnomic: Merriam-Webster
  2. gnomic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gnomic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gnomic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gnomic: Vocabulary.com
  6. gnomic: Wordnik
  7. gnomic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. gnomic: Wiktionary
  9. gnomic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. gnomic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. gnomic: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. gnomic: Dictionary.com
  13. gnomic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Gnomic (disambiguation), Gnomic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Gnomic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. gnomic: Rhymezone
  17. Gnomic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. gnomic: FreeDictionary.org
  19. gnomic: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. gnomic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. gnomic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. gnomic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -gnomic: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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  1. gnomic: Legal dictionary

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  1. gnomic: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gnomic: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  Of, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
adjective:  (of a saying or aphorism) Mysterious and often incomprehensible yet seemingly wise.
adjective:  (grammar) Expressing general truths or aphorisms.

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