Definition of gnome - WordReference.com Dictionary

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gnome
A	noun
	1	gnome
			a short pithy saying expressing a general truth
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚auditory communication ╚speech; speech communication; spoken communication; spoken language; language; voice communication; oral communication ╚saying; expression; locution ╚maxim; axiom ╚gnome ╚Murphy's Law; Sod's Law
	2	gnome, dwarf
			a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚belief ╚spiritual being; supernatural being ╚fairy; faery; faerie; sprite ╚gnome, dwarf ╚Andvari ╚Nibelung

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