gnomic

adj.

Marked by aphorisms; aphoristic: gnomic verse; a gnomic style.

gnomic [noh‐mik], characterized by the expression of popular wisdom in the condensed form of proverbs or aphorisms, also known as gnomes. The term was first used of the ‘Gnomic Poets’ of 6th‐century Greece, although there are older traditions of gnomic writing in Chinese, Egyptian, and other cultures; the Hebrew book of Proverbs is a well‐known collection. The term is often extended to later writings in which moral truths are presented in maxims or aphorisms. See also sententia.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: relating to or containing gnomes
  Pertains to noun: gnome (meaning #2)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - gnomisk, aforistisk, sentensagtig

Nederlands (Dutch)
gnomisch, zich bedienende van aforismen etc.

Français (French)
adj. - gnomique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gnomisch, aphoristisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γνωμικός, αποφθεγματικός

Italiano (Italian)
gnomico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - gnômico

Русский (Russian)
афористический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - gnómico, que contiene aforismos

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vältalig, aforistisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
格言的, 含格言的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 格言的, 含格言的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 금언의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 金言の, 格言的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متعلق بالامثال, خرافي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פתגמי, משלי‬

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