gnomologicadj.
/nəʊməʊˈlɒdʒɪk/ rare.
Of the nature of general maxims; sententious.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [adjective]
sententiala1475
sententious1542
topic1581
apophthegmatical?1589
topical1594
adagial1647
aphoristical1661
gnomonic1706
axiomatical1738
gnomologic1751
aphoristic1753
maximical1779
apophthegmatic1796
aphorismic1798
gnomic1815
aphorismatic1822
axiomatic1835
maximic1854
aphorismical1880
1751 J. Harris Hermes i. vii. 125 Gnomologic Sentences after the same manner make likewise Aorists of the future.
a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) ii. ix. 178 That other, and more limited species of it [sc. sentiment], which I call the Gnomologic, or Preceptive.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 124 Lucretius, however, who had only the gnomologic verses of the Greeks as his models.
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