"gnostic" meaning in English

See gnostic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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  1. Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Gnostic
    Sense id: en-gnostic-en-adj-nJCTHq7W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 15 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 11 14 31 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 10 14 31 31
  2. (archaic, slang) knowing; wise; shrewd Tags: archaic, slang
    Sense id: en-gnostic-en-adj--mybihyP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 15 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 11 14 31 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 10 14 31 31

Noun

Forms: gnostics [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gnostic (plural gnostics)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Gnostic
    Sense id: en-gnostic-en-noun-nJCTHq7W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 15 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 11 14 31 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 10 14 31 31

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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