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   gnomic

   /ˈnəʊmɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. expressed in or of the nature of short, pithy maxims or aphorisms: "that most gnomic form, the aphorism"
   • ▪ difficult to understand because enigmatic or ambiguous: "I had to have the gnomic response interpreted for me"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from Greek gnōmikos (perhaps via French gnomique), from gnōmē ‘thought, judgement’, (plural) gnōmai ‘sayings, maxims’, related to gignōskein ‘know’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. gnomically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • G

     2

   • N

     1

   • O

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

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