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noun
1.
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
2.
an expert in monetary or financial affairs; international banker or financier: the gnomes of Zurich.
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noun
a short, pithy expression of a general truth; aphorism.
Origin:
1570–80; < Greek gnṓmē judgment, opinion, purpose
1570–80; < Greek gnṓmē judgment, opinion, purpose
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
gnome
"dwarf-like earth-dwelling spirit," 1712, from Fr. gnome, from L. gnomus, used 16c. in a treatise by Paracelsus, who gave the name pigmaei or gnomi to elemental earth beings, possibly from Gk. *genomos "earth-dweller." A less-likely suggestion is that Paracelsus based it on the homonym that means "intelligence"
(preserved in gnomic). Popular in children's literature 19c. as a name for red-capped Ger. and Swiss folklore dwarfs. Garden figurines first imported to England late 1860s from Germany.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Firstgraders, for example, will pretend that they are gnomes in a fairy tale that poses concepts of good and evil.
Instead of toys, lawn ornaments: ceramic garden gnomes, to be precise.
Dark matter is not make of angels or demons or gnomes or unicorns.
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