gnomish en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree French gnomebor. English gnome Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English gnomish From gnome + -ish.
Meanings
- Resembling a gnome; gnomelike.
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Belonging to a race of gnomes.
Whoever had taken Vanessa had brushed past the gnomish wizard with no more thought than one gave a mosquito, and the result of that encounter had been astonishingly violent—and final.
2011, David Niall Wilson, Heart of a Dragon:
- aphoristic; gnomic