gnome
English Thesaurus
1. a short pithy saying expressing a general truth (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | axiom, maxim, |
| definition | : | a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | murphy's law, sod's law, |
| definition | : | humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong (noun.communication) |
2. a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | faerie, faery, fairy, fay, sprite, |
| definition | : | a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | nibelung, |
| definition | : | (German mythology) any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | andvari, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) a dwarf who possessed a treasure that was stolen by Loki (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | gnomic, |
| definition | : | relating to or containing gnomes (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | gnomic, |
| definition | : | relating to or containing gnomes (adj.pert) |
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