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gnome n. 格言,箴言,侏儒,土地神 格言,箴言,侏儒,土地神 gnome n 1: a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure [synonym: {gnome}, {dwarf}] 2: a short pithy saying expressing a general truth Gnome \Gnome\, n. [F. gnome, prob. fr. Gr. gnw`mon one that knows, a guardian, i. e., of the treasures in the inner parts of the earth, or fr. ? intelligence, both fr. gnw^nai, gignw^skein, to know. See {Know}.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) A small owl ({Glaucidium gnoma}) of the Western United States. [1913 Webster] 4. [Gr. ?.] A brief reflection or maxim. --Peacham. Gnomic 93 Moby Thesaurus words for "gnome": Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Finnbeara, Lilliputian, Mab, Oberon, Titania, Tom Thumb, adage, ana, analects, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, banshee, brocard, brownie, byword, catchword, cluricaune, collected sayings, current saying, dictate, dictum, distich, dwarf, elemental, elemental spirit, elf, epigram, expression, fairy, fairy queen, fay, goblin, golden saying, gremlin, hob, homunculus, imp, kobold, leprechaun, manikin, maxim, midge, midget, moral, mot, motto, oracle, ouphe, peewee, peri, phrase, pip-squeak, pithy saying, pixie, pooka, precept, prescript, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, puca, pwca, pygmy, rule, runt, salamander, saw, saying, sentence, sententious expression, shrimp, sloka, sprite, stock saying, sutra, sylph, sylphid, teaching, text, truism, undine, verse, wart, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom |
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