adj. 1 of, consisting of, or using gnomes or aphorisms; sententious (see GNOME(2)). 2 Gram. (of a tense) used without the implication of time to express a general truth, e.g. men were deceivers ever. gnomically adv.
[ Gk gnomikos (as GNOME(2)) ]
GNOMIC
Meaning of GNOMIC in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012