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gnome

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) gnome (noun)
  2. 2) gnome (noun)
  3. gnome owl (noun)

1gnome

noun \ˈnōm\

Definition of GNOME

: maxim, aphorism

Origin of GNOME

Greek gnōmē, from gignōskein to know — more at know
First Known Use: 1577

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with GNOME

chrome, comb, combe, dome, foam, gloam, home, loam, mome, nome, ohm, om, pome, roam, Rom, Rome, tome

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