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Enigmatic vs Gnomic - What's the difference?

enigmatic | gnomic |

As adjectives the difference between enigmatic and gnomic

is that enigmatic is enigmatic while gnomic is of, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).

enigmatic

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic) * (obsolete) * enigmatick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to an enigma.
  • Mysterious.
  • *
  • *:Serene, smiling, enigmatic , she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
  • Defying description.
  • (variant) Enigmatical.
  • gnomic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
  • * G. R. Lewes
  • a city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry
  • (of a saying or aphorism) Mysterious and often incomprehensible yet seemingly wise.
  • He always makes gnomic utterances.

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