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▪ I. gnomical, a.1|ˈnəʊmɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
= gnomic. Of a person: Given to uttering gnomes.
1603Bp. W. Barlow Conf. Hampton Crt. (1604) 44 His Maiesty..adding this excellent, gnomical, and Canon-like Conclusion, that [etc.]. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. ii. 133 A speech..so gnomicall and waighty, that St. Augustin highly commends it. 1650H. More in Enthus. Triumph. (1656) 134 In this whole page Anthroposophus is very Gnomicall, and speaks Aphorisms very gracefully. 1887J. Knight in Dict. Nat. Biog. IX. 356/2 Her gnomical utterances are often thoughtful and pregnant.
Add: Hence ˈgnomically adv.
1610H. Wotton Let. 29 Oct. in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) I. 494 He began with me after a little pause, very gravely and gnomically in this manner. 1988N. Lowndes Chekago ii. 57 ‘You need to watch your step’, said the porter gnomically. ‘Unless you know your way around.’
▪ II. † ˈgnomical, a.2 Obs. rare.
[Irreg. f. gnom-on + -ic + -al1.]
= gnomonic a.
1611Cotgr. s.v. Avantagé, Bien avantagé en nez, Nosed with aduantage, well nose-growne, hauing a Gnomicall, or goodly long, nose. 1744[see quot. 1688 s.v. gnomonic]. |