gnomish

English

Etymology

From gnome +‎ -ish.

Adjective

gnomish

1. Resembling a gnome; gnomelike.
2. (fantasy) Belonging to a race of gnomes.
   • 2011, David Niall Wilson, Heart of a Dragon:

     Whoever had taken Vanessa had brushed past the gnomish wizard with no more thought than one gave a mosquito, and the result of that encounter had been astonishingly violent—and final.

3. aphoristic; gnomic

Anagrams

• moshing