gnome
[noun]
Synonyms: maxim, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, brocard, dictum, moral, rule, truism

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gnome /nəʊm $ noʊm/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: Modern Latin gnomus]

1. a creature in children’s stories who looks like a little old man. Gnomes have pointed hats, live under the ground, and guard gold, jewels etc.

2. a stone or plastic figure representing one of these creatures:
a garden gnome

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