A gnomic remark is brief and seems wise but is difficult to understand. the somewhat gnomic utterances of John Maynard Keynes in his General Theory. gnomic remarks are short, clever, and difficult to understand (gnomikos, from gignoskein )
Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic
{s} characterized by aphorisms, aphoristic; of or pertaining to gnomes, of or pertaining to goblins