adjective. Marked by aphorisms; aphoristic.

Containing or dealing in maxims; sententious.

In grammar, used in maxims or general statements; applied to express a universal truth: as, a gnomic aorist.

A contracted form of gnomonic.

adjective. Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic.

adjective. Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.

adjective. Of, or relating to gnomes.

adjective. Mysterious and often incomprehensible yet seemingly wise.

adjective. relating to or containing gnomes

"When reviewers and prize jurors tout a repetitive style as "the last word in gnomic control," or a jumble of unsustained metaphor as "lyrical" writing, it is obvious that they, too, are having difficulty understanding what they read."

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