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Английский Этимологический словарь - gnomic

 
 

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Gnomic

gnomic
- "full of instructive sayings," 1815, from Fr. gnomique, from L.L. gnomicus "concerned with maxims, didactic," from Gk. gnomikos, from gnome "thought, opinion, maxim, intelligence," from gignoskein "to come to know" (see know).
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1.
  ~ adj gnomic remarks are short, clever, and difficult to understand  (gnomic predictions about the future of the economy) - gnomically adv ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  A gnomic remark is brief and seems wise but is difficult to understand. (WRITTEN) ...the somewhat gnomic utterances of John Maynard Keynes in his General Theory. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
   adjective  Date: 1815  1. characterized by aphorism ~ utterances  2. given to the composition of ~ writing a ~ poet ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
  adj. 1 of, consisting of, or using gnomes or aphorisms; sententious (see GNOME(2)). 2 Gram. (of a tense) used without the implication of time to express a general truth, e.g. men were deceivers ever. Derivatives gnomically adv. Etymology: Gk gnomikos (as GNOME(2)) ...
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