gnomic
adjective/ˈnəʊmɪk/
/ˈnəʊmɪk/
(formal)- (of a person or a remark) clever and wise but sometimes difficult to understandWord Originearly 19th cent.: from Greek gnōmikos (perhaps via French gnomique), from gnōmē ‘thought, judgement’, (plural) gnōmai ‘sayings, maxims’, related to gignōskein ‘know’.
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