gnome
noun/nəʊm/
/nəʊm/
- (in stories) a creature like a small man with a pointed hat, who lives under the ground and guards gold and treasureTopics Literature and writingc2
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- a plastic or stone figure of a gnome, used to decorate a gardenTopics Gardensc2More Like This Silent lettersSilent letters
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from modern Latin gnomus, a word used by Paracelsus as a synonym of Pygmaeus, denoting a mythical race of very small people said to inhabit parts of Ethiopia and India (compare with pygmy).
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