Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nous \Nous\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? mind.]
Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nous \Nous\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? mind.] (Philos.)
The reason; the highest intellect; God regarded as the World
Reason.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nous
n 1: (British) common sense; "she has great social nous"
2: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings;
the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I
couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: {mind}, {head},
{brain}, {psyche}]
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