gnomish

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling a gnome; gnomelike.
  2. Belonging 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.
  3. aphoristic; gnomic

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Etymology tree
English gnome
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English gnomish
From gnome + -ish.
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