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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gnome1 /nəʊm/
▶noun
- 1 a legendary dwarfish creature supposed to guard the earth's treasures underground.
- 2 a small garden ornament in the form of a bearded man with a pointed hat.
- 3 informal a person having secret or sinister influence in financial matters: the gnomes of Zurich.
– derivatives
gnomish adjective.
gnomish adjective.
– origin C17: from Fr., from mod. L. gnomus, a word used by the 16th-cent. Swiss physician Paracelsus as a synonym of Pygmaeus (see pygmy).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gnome2 /nəʊm, ˈnəʊmi/
▶noun a short statement encapsulating a general truth; a maxim.
– origin C16: from Gk gnōmē ‘thought, opinion’.
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