See also:GNOMES (Fr. gnomes, Ger. Gnomen)
, in folk-See also:lore, the name now commonly given to the See also:earth and See also:mountain See also:spirits who are supposed to See also:watch over See also:veins of See also:precious metals and other hidden treasures
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They are usually pictured as bearded dwarfs clad in See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown See also:close-fitting garments with hoods
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The word " See also:gnome " as applied to these is of comparatively See also:modern and somewhat uncertain origin
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By some it is said to have been coined by See also:Paracelsus (so Hatzfeld and See also:Darmesteter, Dictionnaire), who uses Gnomi as a synonym of Pygmaei, from the See also:Greek yvwjz , intelligence
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The New See also:English See also:Dictionary, however, suggests a derivation from genomus, i.e. a Greek type ygvbµos, " earth-dweller," on the See also:analogy of 9akavvovoµos, " dwelling in the See also:sea," adding, however, that though there is no See also:evidence that the See also:term was not used before Paracelsus, it is possibly " a See also:mere arbitrary invention, like so many others found in Paracelsus " (N.E.D. s.v.)
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