nous

Definitions

1. The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional.
   uncountable
2. The divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
   uncountable
3. Common sense; practical intelligence.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I feel⟳ the will to roam, to learn⟳ By test⟳, experience⟳, nous, That fire is hot and ocean deep, And wolves carnivorous.”

“to demonstrate⟳ nous”

“There is nothing original in absent-mindedness. True originality lies elsewhere. Really, the lower classes have⟳ no nous.”

“The emerging African elite felt little affection for the wahindi, seen as tight-fisted, snooty and brazenly colour-conscious, but its members knew they needed its business nous.”

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