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nounEtymology
Etymology tree ▲ English GNU Proto-West Germanic *naiw Proto-Germanic *wihtą Proto-West Germanic *wiht Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht Old English nāwiht Old English *nōht Middle English nought Middle English not English not Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multi- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.? Latin -plex Latin multiplexlbor. English multiplexed Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Late Latin in- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Late Latin fōrma Late Latin fōrmō Late Latin īnfōrmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Late Latin -tiō Late Latin īnfōrmātiōder. Middle English enformacioun English information Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *pewH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *puHtós Proto-Italic *putos Latin putus? Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English computing Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Italic *serwos Latin servus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin servitiumbor. Old French servisebor. Old English serfis Middle English servise English service English Multiplexed Information and Computing Service English Multics ▲ English eunuchinflu. English Unix English gnuinflu. English GNU's not Unixacronym English GNU Proto-Indo-European *neHd- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English network Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁kyeti Proto-Italic *jīkjō Proto-Italic *jakjōder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Latin obiectus Medieval Latin obiectum Old French objectbor. English object Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Late Latin modulusder. Vulgar Latin *modellus Old Italian modellobor. Middle French modellebor. English model Middle French environnementbor. English environment English GNU Network Object Model Environmentacronym English GNOME Originally an acronym of GNU Network Object Model Environment, but this meaning is now officially deprecated.
Definitions
An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element)…
An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth.
- He adopts the Rosycrusian fancy of Gnomes, spirits which inhabit the earth, and who by their power form the ores of metals, and all the wonders met with in the inmost recesses of the globe.
- Gnomes are perhaps the most useful of the elementals. A gnome can carry a person with it as it swims through the soil, provided it is strong enough to lift the person. The gnome cannot, however, provide air for that person[…].
One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically…
One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature and games, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually smaller than dwarves and more focused on engineering than mining.
- When the trees were disposed of, the gnomes vanished again.
- There were not one but four gnomes standing at his feet. “I nearly trod on you,” Daniel said. “What are you doing here?” The gnomes just stood, looking up at him.
A person of a small stature or misshapen features, or of a strange appearance.
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The mountain pygmy owl, Glaucidium gnoma, a small owl of the western United States.
A small statue of a dwarf-like character, often bearded, placed in a garden.
- There were ornamental ponds and shrubs clipped into animal shapes, painted concrete gnomes sitting on mushrooms, pink flamingos standing on one leg[.]
An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a compact blue…
An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a compact blue starter.
A banker, especially a secretive international one.
- the gnomes of Zurich
- So far the major beneficiaries of the boom in gold have been deposed South American dictators, Middle Eastern potentates, and the gnomes of Zurich.
- 1985, Fodor's, Fodor's ... London, Fodor's For this is a creation of the City, of the country's financial heart, and of the gnomes of London who have financed it and supported it entirely on their own.
A brief reflection or maxim
A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying.
An open-source, free software computer desktop environment for Unix operating systems.
To unintentionally boot a GNOME desktop environment.
- This new package got my system GNOME'd.
The neighborhood
- neighborgnomide
- neighborkobold
- neighborsalamander
- neighborsylph
- neighborundine
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for gnome. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA