Gnomish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a gnome; gnomelike.
  2. 2
    Belonging to a race of gnomes.

    "Whoever had taken Vanessa had brushed past the gnomish wizard with no more thought than one gave a mosquito, and the result of that encounter had been astonishingly violent—and final."

  3. 3
    aphoristic; gnomic
Adjective
  1. 1
    used of small deformed creatures wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
elfinelfishfairygnomelikegnomelikemicroscopic

Example

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"Whoever had taken Vanessa had brushed past the gnomish wizard with no more thought than one gave a mosquito, and the result of that encounter had been astonishingly violent—and final."

Etymology

From gnome + -ish.

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