- mind or reason, esp when regarded as the principle governing all things
- Brit slang common sense; intelligence
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nous
(no̅o̅s, nous),USA pronunciation n.
- Philosophy[Gk. Philos.]mind or intellect.
- Philosophy[Neoplatonism.]the first and purest emanation of the One, regarded as the self-contemplating order of the universe.
- Greek noûs, contracted variant of nóos mind
- 1670–80
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nous /naʊs/ n
'nous' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- alburnum
- amphisbaena
- après moi le déluge
- entre nous
- interspinous
- intravenous drip
- matrocliny
- multisonous
- multispinous
- nonheinous
- nonvenous
- nonvinous
- noumenon
- paranoia
- patrocliny
- postspinous
- postvenous
- protein
- unvinous
- saphenous vein
- spinous process
- stannous chloride
- stannous fluoride
- subspinous