Gnomic
Gnomic , adjective
[Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed}: compare French gnomique. See Gnome maxim.]
Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic.
A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry.
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Gnomic Poets , Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.
Also: Gnomical