(of a person or a remark )人或言语 clever and wise but sometimes difficult to understand 喜用格言的;精辟的;深奥的 Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Greek gnōmikos (perhaps via French gnomique), from gnōmē ‘thought, judgement’, (plural) gnōmai ‘sayings, maxims’, related to gignōskein ‘know’.