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gnomic definition

gno·mic (nō′mik, näm′ik)

adjective

  1. wise and pithy; full of aphorisms
  2. designating or of a writer of aphorisms

Etymology: Gr gnōmikos < gnōmē: see gnome

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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