gnomen.¹

Brit.

/nəʊm/,

/ˈnəʊmiː/, U.S.

/noʊm/

Etymology: < Greek γνώμη thought, judgement, opinion; plural γνῶμαι sayings, maxims (Latin sententiae ), < γνω- root of γιγνώσκειν to knows adj.

A short pithy statement of a general truth; a proverb, maxim, aphorism, or apophthegm. Also spec. with reference to Old English verse.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [noun]

saw9..

quideOE

yedOE

wordOE

wisdomc1175

bysawe?c1225

riotc1330

sentencec1380

textc1386

dict1432

diction1477

redec1480

say1486

adage1530

commonplace?1531

adagy1534

soothsay1549

maxima1564

apophthegm1570

speech1575

gnome1577

aphorisma1593

imprese1593

spoke1594

symbol1594

maxim1605

wording1606

impress1610

motto1615

dictum1616

impresa1622

dictate1625

effate1650

sentiment1780

great thought1821

brocarda1856

text-motto1880

sententia1917

1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Viij Gnome, a saying pertaining to the maners and common practises of men, which declareth, by an apte breuity, what in this our lyfe ought to be done, or not done.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. iii. 363 The rudiments of that which afterwards ripened into moral philosophy as manifested in gnomes or aphorisms.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 16 Many of the sublimer flights of meditation in Sophocles are expansions of early Gnomes.

1914 B. C. Williams Gnomic Poetry in Anglo-Saxon 66 The dol bið gnome and its analogues have been noticed as occurring in Christian passages.

1935 A. C. Bartlett Larger Rhet. Patterns Anglo-Saxon Poetry 73 One..does find..most gnomes in Beowulf, Wanderer, Widsith, and most homiletic passages in the ‘Christian’ poems.

1948 S. O. Andrew Postscript on Beowulf viii. 93 The gnome serves to connect the idea of evil endured in the sentence preceding it with that of deliverance..in the sentence following it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gnomen.²

Brit.

/nəʊm/, U.S.

/noʊm/

Etymology: < French gnome, < modern Latin gnomus, used by Paracelsus. Paracelsus ( De Nymphis etc. Wks. 1658 II. 391, and elsewhere) uses Gnomi as a synonym of Pygmæi , and says that the beings so called have earth as their element (or, as he calls it, their chaos : compare etymological note on gas n.¹ and adj.), through which they move unobstructed as fish do through water, or birds and land animals through air. The context in the passage above referred to suggests that the name was not invented by Paracelsus himself, and that it means ‘earth-dweller’; possibly it may be a blunder for *gēnomus , representing a Greek type *γηνόμος (for which compare θαλασσονόμος dwelling in the sea). The term, however, may possibly be a mere arbitrary invention, like many others found in Paracelsus. The connection commonly assumed with Greek γνώμη (see gnome n.¹) or γνώμων (compare gnomon n.) seems unlikely.

a. One of a race of diminutive spirits fabled to inhabit the interior of the earth and to be the guardians of its treasures; a goblin, dwarf.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > gnome

fairy of the mine1695

gnome1714

gnomide1728

knocker1747

kobold1830

kabouter1961

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) Ep. According to these Gentlemen [sc. the Rosicrucians], the four Elements are inhabited by Spirits, which they call Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The Gnomes or Dæmons of Earth delight in Mischief.

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) i. 5 The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome, In search of Mischief still on Earth to roam.

1816 Gentleman's Mag. 81 i. 46 To festive songs my Gnomes attune the lyre.

1837 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales (1851) I. viii. 154 Small enough to be king of the fairies, and ugly enough to be king of the gnomes.

1877 W. C. Bryant Little People 12 No, let us have a tale of elves that ride By night, with jingling reins, or gnomes of the mine.

figurative.1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1818) III. 173 A scientific method, that dissipating with its earliest rays the gnomes of hypothesis and the mists of theory, may [etc.].

b. A statue or figure of a gnome, esp. one placed in a garden. Cf. garden gnome n. at garden n. Compounds 7.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > garden ornaments

garden-glass1732

gnome1938

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > other subjects

Sphinx1579

Hercules1638

weeper1656

ophioucha1697

pastorality1821

sheela-na-gig1844

orans1900

kouros1920

three wise monkeys1926

gnome1938

1938 D. Kincaid Brit. Social Life in India xii. 288 An imitation pergola and a coloured plaster gnome or two.

1955 E. Coxhead Figure in Mist ii. 65 ‘She sculpts too, did you know?’ Agnes said. ‘No, how unspeakable. You mean those gnomes one sees about?’

1969 V. C. Clinton-Baddeley Only Matter of Time 18 In the centre of the grass was a lily pond. On the edge a gnome sat fishing.

1971 J. Betjeman in Betjeman & Vaisey Vict. & Edw. Oxford p. vii They are now acres of detached and semi-detached houses, blocks of flats and housing estates, gnomes, birdbaths and shopping arcades.

c. colloquial. An international financier or banker, spec. one who is Swiss; esp. in the gnomes of Zurich.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun] > money-dealer > capitalist or financier > international

gnome1964

Zurich gnome1970

zaitech1986

1964 New Statesman 27 Nov. 822/3 The gnomes of Zurich and their related goblins in the more politically involved capitals.

1968 P. Einzig Leads & Lags p. vii Sterling was devalued in 1949 and again in 1967, not because of speculation by the ‘gnomes’ of Zurich.

1969 Listener 12 June 828/2 One doesn't have to posit gnome couriers flying in from Zurich with weekly instructions.

2. U.S. A name of various hummingbirds, as the Giant Gnome ( Patagona gigas).

ΚΠ

1889 in Cent. Dict.

Compounds

gnome-owl n. U.S. a small owl of the genus Glaucidium.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > genus Glaucidium

sparrow-owl1831

gnome-owl1885

1885 Standard Nat. Hist. IV. 330 The pigmy, or gnome-owls, as they are frequently called.

gnome-like adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [adjective] > like a gnome

gnome-like1801

gnomish1822

gnomic1845

1801 M. Edgeworth Good French Governess in Moral Tales V. 126 Things went on much better after the gnomelike influence of Mrs. Grace had ceased.

1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. ii. 35 Upon a mound formed by the gnarled roots of the dwarfed and gnome-like oak, she sat down, and wept.

1897 S. L. Hinde Fall Congo Arabs 85 The seemingly magical appearance of these gnome~like beings within 3 or 4 yards of us.

Derivatives

gnomed adj. inhabited by gnomes.

ΚΠ

1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 41 Philosophy will..Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gnome
释义	gnomen.¹ Brit. /nəʊm/, /ˈnəʊmiː/, U.S. /noʊm/ Etymology: < Greek γνώμη thought, judgement, opinion; plural γνῶμαι sayings, maxims (Latin sententiae ), < γνω- root of γιγνώσκειν to knows adj. A short pithy statement of a general truth; a proverb, maxim, aphorism, or apophthegm. Also spec. with reference to Old English verse. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [noun] saw9.. quideOE yedOE wordOE wisdomc1175 bysawe?c1225 riotc1330 sentencec1380 textc1386 dict1432 diction1477 redec1480 say1486 adage1530 commonplace?1531 adagy1534 soothsay1549 maxima1564 apophthegm1570 speech1575 gnome1577 aphorisma1593 imprese1593 spoke1594 symbol1594 maxim1605 wording1606 impress1610 motto1615 dictum1616 impresa1622 dictate1625 effate1650 sentiment1780 great thought1821 brocarda1856 text-motto1880 sententia1917 1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Viij Gnome, a saying pertaining to the maners and common practises of men, which declareth, by an apte breuity, what in this our lyfe ought to be done, or not done. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. iii. 363 The rudiments of that which afterwards ripened into moral philosophy as manifested in gnomes or aphorisms. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 16 Many of the sublimer flights of meditation in Sophocles are expansions of early Gnomes. 1914 B. C. Williams Gnomic Poetry in Anglo-Saxon 66 The dol bið gnome and its analogues have been noticed as occurring in Christian passages. 1935 A. C. Bartlett Larger Rhet. Patterns Anglo-Saxon Poetry 73 One..does find..most gnomes in Beowulf, Wanderer, Widsith, and most homiletic passages in the ‘Christian’ poems. 1948 S. O. Andrew Postscript on Beowulf viii. 93 The gnome serves to connect the idea of evil endured in the sentence preceding it with that of deliverance..in the sentence following it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gnomen.² Brit. /nəʊm/, U.S. /noʊm/ Etymology: < French gnome, < modern Latin gnomus, used by Paracelsus. Paracelsus ( De Nymphis etc. Wks. 1658 II. 391, and elsewhere) uses Gnomi as a synonym of Pygmæi , and says that the beings so called have earth as their element (or, as he calls it, their chaos : compare etymological note on gas n.¹ and adj.), through which they move unobstructed as fish do through water, or birds and land animals through air. The context in the passage above referred to suggests that the name was not invented by Paracelsus himself, and that it means ‘earth-dweller’; possibly it may be a blunder for gēnomus , representing a Greek type γηνόμος (for which compare θαλασσονόμος dwelling in the sea). The term, however, may possibly be a mere arbitrary invention, like many others found in Paracelsus. The connection commonly assumed with Greek γνώμη (see gnome n.¹) or γνώμων (compare gnomon n.) seems unlikely. 1. a. One of a race of diminutive spirits fabled to inhabit the interior of the earth and to be the guardians of its treasures; a goblin, dwarf. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > gnome fairy of the mine1695 gnome1714 gnomide1728 knocker1747 kobold1830 kabouter1961 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) Ep. According to these Gentlemen [sc. the Rosicrucians], the four Elements are inhabited by Spirits, which they call Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The Gnomes or Dæmons of Earth delight in Mischief. 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) i. 5 The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome, In search of Mischief still on Earth to roam. 1816 Gentleman's Mag. 81 i. 46 To festive songs my Gnomes attune the lyre. 1837 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales (1851) I. viii. 154 Small enough to be king of the fairies, and ugly enough to be king of the gnomes. 1877 W. C. Bryant Little People 12 No, let us have a tale of elves that ride By night, with jingling reins, or gnomes of the mine. figurative.1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1818) III. 173 A scientific method, that dissipating with its earliest rays the gnomes of hypothesis and the mists of theory, may [etc.]. b. A statue or figure of a gnome, esp. one placed in a garden. Cf. garden gnome n. at garden n. Compounds 7. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > garden ornaments garden-glass1732 gnome1938 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > other subjects Sphinx1579 Hercules1638 weeper1656 ophioucha1697 pastorality1821 sheela-na-gig1844 orans1900 kouros1920 three wise monkeys1926 gnome1938 1938 D. Kincaid Brit. Social Life in India xii. 288 An imitation pergola and a coloured plaster gnome or two. 1955 E. Coxhead Figure in Mist ii. 65 ‘She sculpts too, did you know?’ Agnes said. ‘No, how unspeakable. You mean those gnomes one sees about?’ 1969 V. C. Clinton-Baddeley Only Matter of Time 18 In the centre of the grass was a lily pond. On the edge a gnome sat fishing. 1971 J. Betjeman in Betjeman & Vaisey Vict. & Edw. Oxford p. vii They are now acres of detached and semi-detached houses, blocks of flats and housing estates, gnomes, birdbaths and shopping arcades. c. colloquial. An international financier or banker, spec. one who is Swiss; esp. in the gnomes of Zurich. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun] > money-dealer > capitalist or financier > international gnome1964 Zurich gnome1970 zaitech1986 1964 New Statesman 27 Nov. 822/3 The gnomes of Zurich and their related goblins in the more politically involved capitals. 1968 P. Einzig Leads & Lags p. vii Sterling was devalued in 1949 and again in 1967, not because of speculation by the ‘gnomes’ of Zurich. 1969 Listener 12 June 828/2 One doesn't have to posit gnome couriers flying in from Zurich with weekly instructions. 2. U.S. A name of various hummingbirds, as the Giant Gnome ( Patagona gigas). ΚΠ 1889 in Cent. Dict. Compounds gnome-owl n. U.S. a small owl of the genus Glaucidium. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > genus Glaucidium sparrow-owl1831 gnome-owl1885 1885 Standard Nat. Hist. IV. 330 The pigmy, or gnome-owls, as they are frequently called. gnome-like adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [adjective] > like a gnome gnome-like1801 gnomish1822 gnomic1845 1801 M. Edgeworth Good French Governess in Moral Tales V. 126 Things went on much better after the gnomelike influence of Mrs. Grace had ceased. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. ii. 35 Upon a mound formed by the gnarled roots of the dwarfed and gnome-like oak, she sat down, and wept. 1897 S. L. Hinde Fall Congo Arabs 85 The seemingly magical appearance of these gnome~like beings within 3 or 4 yards of us. Derivatives gnomed adj. inhabited by gnomes. ΚΠ 1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 41 Philosophy will..Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1577n.²1714
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