gnomology

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek γνωμολογία (gnōmología) from γνώμη (gnṓmē, “judgement, maxim”) + λογία (logía, “collection”) (from λέγω (légō, “gather, pick up”), see anthology). Compare French gnomologie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nəʊˈmɒləd͡ʒi/

Noun

gnomology (plural gnomologies)

(obsolete) A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections.
- 1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), John Milton, Tetrachordon: Expositions upon the Foure Chief Places in Scripture, which Treat of Mariage, or Nullities in Mariage. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
  wisest men have also taught in their ethical precepts and Gnomologies

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gnomology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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