See Also: gnome(medicine)
Gnome(finance)
gnome(1)(dictionary)
gnome(2)(dictionary)
gnome(dictionary)
gnome's calf(medicine)

gnome(2) (iou)



gnome noun2. M17.
[French from mod. Latin gnomus used by Paracelsus as a synonym of Pygmaeus.]
A member of a legendary subterranean race of diminutive beings, typically represented as bearded old men and supposedly guardians of the earth's treasure; a goblin, a dwarf. M17.
A statue or figure of a gnome, esp. one used as a garden ornament. M20.
An international, esp. Swiss, financier or banker, regarded as having sinister influence. Chiefly in gnomes of Zurich, Zurich gnome. colloq. M20.