different between gnomic vs anomic

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?m?k/

Etymology 1

Related to anomia.

Adjective

anomic (comparative more anomic, superlative most anomic)

1. (neurology) Characterized by or pertaining to anomia (the inability to remember names).

Etymology 2

From anomie.

Adjective

anomic (comparative more anomic, superlative most anomic)

1. (sociology) Socially disorganized, disoriented or alienated.

Related terms

• anomie

Translations

Further reading

• “anomic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Camino, MINOCA, Monica, anicom, camion, conima, manioc