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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

gnomelike en · ADJ

Etymology

From gnome + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling a gnome.
    • It concerns the gnomelike quality of the average American at a party. I have been to many parties where staid American business men have been transformed by a few ryes or bourbons into unpredictable gremlins out for adventure. 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 17:

Forms

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more gnomelike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most gnomelike Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

gnomish