Gnome



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 地下宝藏的守护神, 地精; 格言
• ［英］ n. 格言 ( a wise, pithy saying; maxim)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Greek gnōmē, from gignōskein to know — more at know
• Date: 1577
• maxim, aphorism

II. noun

• Etymology: French, from New Latin gnomus
• Date: 1661
• 1. an ageless and often deformed dwarf of folklore who lives in the earth and usually guards treasure
• 2. an elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus that inhabits earth
• ? gnomelike adjective
• ? gnomish adjective

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