gnomology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections.

Pronunciation

/nəʊˈmɒləd͡ʒi/

Word forms

gnomology gnomologies

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνωμολογία (gnōmología) from γνώμη (gnṓmē, “judgement, maxim”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”) (from λέγω (légō, “gather, pick up”), see anthology). Compare French gnomologie.

Derived words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.