gnomish

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adjective

Resembling a gnome; gnomelike.

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smalllittle
OriginEnglish gnome ← French gnome →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. Resembling a gnome; gnomelike.
  2. fantasyBelonging 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.

    2011, David Niall Wilson, Heart of a Dragon
  3. aphoristic; gnomic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveused of small deformed creatures

Similar
smalllittle
Also see
gnomelike

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchgnome
  2. Englishgnome
  3. Englishgnomish

From gnome + -ish.

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APA

gnomish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnomish

MLA

“gnomish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnomish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gnomish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnomish.

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