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Definition of Gnome

1. Noun. A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure.

2. Noun. A short pithy saying expressing a general truth.

Definition of Gnome

1. n. An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc.

Definition of Gnome

1. a dwarf [n -S] - See also: dwarf

Medical Definition of Gnome

1. 1. An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc. 2. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance. 3. A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States. 4. [Gr] A brief reflection or maxim. Origin: F. Gnome, prob. Fr. Gr. One that knows, a guardian, i. E, of the treasures in the inner parts of the earth, or fr. Intelligence, both fr, to know. See Know. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnome

gneisses gneissic gneissoid gneissose Gnetaceae Gnetales Gnetophyta Gnetophytina Gnetopsida gnetum

Gnetum gnemon gnocchi gnocchis gnomae gnome (current term) gnome (current term) gnome's calf gnomelike gnomes gnomic

gnomical gnomish gnomist gnomists gnomological gnomology gnomon gnomon gnomonic gnomonics

Literary usage of Gnome

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1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1903)
"THE gnome AND THE FAY By FRANK F. SHERRIFF \ gnome one day fell in love with a fay— £\ A fay that was sweet and shy— And the fay was as pretty as you, ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1865)
"gnome (Gr. gnome), л pithy and sententious saying, commonly in verse, embodying some moral sentiment or precept The gnome belongs to the same generic class ..."

3. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1879)
"Then he started up to see me, and he ran heap of sand, I saw the green gnome sitting, with his with a cry and bound, And drew me from my palfrey white and ..."

4. Gnomic Poetry in Anglo-Saxon by Blanche Colton Williams (1914)
"According to the New English Dictionary, a gnome is " a short pithy story of a general ... 3 Meyer's Konversations-Lexikon defines gnome as " ein spruch, ..."

5. Practical Aeronautics: An Understandable Presentation of Interesting and by Charles Brian Hayward (1912)
"End View of Fourteen-Cylinder gnome Motor, Giving Dimensions water-cooled motors. ... gnome Revolving=Cylinder Type. While the revolving-cylinder motor has ..."

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