different between gnomic vs sententious

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

Etymology

From Latin sententi?sus, from sententia (“opinion, purpose”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s?n?t?n.??s/
• Hyphenation: sen?ten?tious

Adjective

sententious (comparative more sententious, superlative most sententious)

1. (obsolete) Full of meaning.
2. Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
3. Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.

Synonyms

• (using as few words as possible): concise, pithy
• (tending to use aphorisms): aphoristic

Derived terms

• sententiously
• sententiousness

Related terms

• sentential

Translations