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gnostic en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic.
    alt of Gnostic
    • Maggie (as she is usually called) says she is constantly amazed at Kast's "almost gnostic outlook" on life. 1988 September 16, Robert McClory, “Heal Thy Neighbor”, in Chicago Reader:
  2. (archaic, slang) knowing; wise; shrewd
    • I said you were a d—d gnostic fellow. 1823 December 23 (indicated as 1824), [Walter Scott], St Ronan’s Well. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC: