Definition of Gnathonic

1. a. Flattering; deceitful.

Definition of Gnathonic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnathonic

gnathic index
gnathidia
gnathidium
gnathion
gnathions
gnathite
gnathites
gnatho-
gnathocephalus
gnathodynamics
gnathodynamometer
gnathodynamometers
gnathography
gnathological
gnathology
gnathonic (current term)
gnathoplasties
gnathoplasty
gnathopod
gnathopodite
gnathopodites
gnathopods
gnathoschisis
gnathostatics
gnathostegite
gnathostoma
gnathostome
gnathostomes
gnathostomiasis

Literary usage of Gnathonic

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1. The Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known as An Apology for Poetry by Sir Philip Sidney (1890)
"A parasite in Terence's comedy, The Eunuch ; cf. the English adjective gnathonic. 17 8. Pandar. In Chaucer's Troilus and Cressida ; cf. the English noun ..."

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