different between gnomic vs gnostic

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

Adjective

gnostic

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic
2. (archaic, slang) knowing; wise; shrewd

Noun

gnostic (plural gnostics)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic

Translations

Anagrams

• cognits, contigs, costing, scoting

Romanian

Etymology

From French gnostique, from Ancient Greek ????????? (gn?stikós, “relating to knowledge”), from ??????? (gn?stós, “known”), from ???????? (gign?sk?, “I know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nos.tik/

Adjective

gnostic m or n (feminine singular gnostic?, masculine plural gnostici, feminine and neuter plural gnostice)

1. Gnostic; of or pertaining to Gnosticism

Declension

Noun

gnostic m (plural gnostici, feminine equivalent gnostic?)

1. a Gnostic; an adherent of Gnosticism

Declension

See also

• gnosticism