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Webster 1913 Edition

Gnomical

{

Gnom′ic

,

Gnom′ic-al

, }
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
gnomique
. See
Gnome
maxim.]
Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic.
A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and
gnomic
poetry.
G. R. Lewes.
Gnomic Poets
,
Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century
B. C.
, whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.

Gnom′ic-al

,
Adj.
[See
Gnomon
.]
Gnomonical.
Boyle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gnomical

GNO'MICAL

,
Adj.
nomical. Sententious; containing maxims. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

gnomical

gnomical

English

Adjective

gnomical ‎(not comparable)

  1. gnomic
    A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry. — G. R. Lewes.
  2. (cartography) gnomonic
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Boyle to this entry?)

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