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adjectivegnomelike (comparative more gnomelike, superlative most gnomelike)
comparative more gnomelike · superlative most gnomelike
- Resembling a gnome.
It concerns the gnomelike quality of the average American at a party. I have been to many parties where staid American business men have been transformed by a few ryes or bourbons into unpredictable gremlins out for adventure.
1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 17Synonyms: gnomish
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResembling a gnome.
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