gnome

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noun

1. a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man;
lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
dwarf
• Derivationally related forms:
gnomic
• Hypernyms:
fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite
• Hyponyms:
Nibelung, Andvari
2. a short pithy saying expressing a general truth
• Hypernyms:
maxim, axiom
• Hyponyms:
Murphy's Law, Sod's Law