gnomic
gnomic is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic. A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry. G. R. Lewes. Gnomic Poets, Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adage
- admitted
- aphorism
- aphoristic
- apophthegm
- apothegm
- assumption
- axiom
- axiomatic
- belief
- byword
- common
- commonplace
- conclusion
- dictum
- fact
- faith
- first
- formula
- golden
- idea
- judgment
- maxim
- moral
- mot
- motto
- phylacteric
- phylactery
- postulate
- precept
- principia
- principle
- profession
- protasis
- proverb
- proverbial
- reflection
- rule
- sage
- saw
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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