different between coming vs gnomic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?m??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English cominge, comynge, comande, from Old English cumende, from Proto-Germanic *kwemandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kweman? (“to come”), equivalent to come +? -ing (present participle ending). Cognate with Dutch komend (“coming”), German kommend (“coming”), Swedish kommande (“coming”), Icelandic komandi (“coming”).

Verb

coming

1. present participle of come

Derived terms

• a long time coming
• have it coming
• see coming

Etymology 2

From Middle English coming, commyng, cumming, equivalent to come +? -ing (gerundive ending).

Noun

coming (plural comings)

1. The act of arriving; an arrival

Derived terms

• aftercoming
• forecoming
• forthcoming
• gaincoming
• second coming

Translations

Adjective

coming (not comparable)

1. Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
2. Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.

3. (obsolete) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.

   • How coming to the poet every muse!

Synonyms

• (of the future): unborn; see also Thesaurus:future

Translations

Derived terms

• coming on
• this coming
• up-and-coming

Anagrams

• gnomic

English

Etymology

From French gnomique, ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (gn?mikós), from ????? (gn?m?, “thought, judgement”), akin to ???????? (gign?sk?, “know”).

Adjective

gnomic (comparative more gnomic, superlative most gnomic)

1. Of, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
   • G. R. Lewes

     a city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry

   • 2013, Adam Roberts, The Riddles of The Hobbit, Palgrave Macmillan (?ISBN), page 17:

     Old English culture was threaded through with riddles, cryptograms, gnomic verses, charms and riddling modes of speech such as litotes, just as Modern English culture is (if you will forgive me) riddled with jokes and catch-phrases, crosswords and quizzes, irony and sarcasm.

2. (of a saying or aphorism) Mysterious and often incomprehensible yet seemingly wise.

3. (grammar) Expressing general truths or aphorisms.

Related terms

• gnome

Translations

Further reading

• Gnomic aspect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• coming

Romanian

Etymology

From French gnomique

Adjective

gnomic m or n (feminine singular gnomic?, masculine plural gnomici, feminine and neuter plural gnomice)

1. gnomic

Declension