Synonyms for nous
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : noos, nous |
| Phonetic Transcription : nus, naÊŠs |
Définition of nous
Origin :- slang for "intelligence, common sense," 1706, from Greek nous, Attic form of noos "mind, intellect," which was taken in English in philosophy 1670s.
- As in mother wit : noun innate intelligence
- "Nous allong—" began Rose, meekly; but she was cut short in her repetition.
- Extract from : « Hildegarde's Holiday » by Laura E. Richards
- Why, I've been the secret wolf he never had the nous to guess at!
- Extract from : « The La Chance Mine Mystery » by Susan Carleton Jones
- I cried, as I realised that it was the other end Jack Penny had had the nous to lower at once.
- Extract from : « Bunyip Land » by George Manville Fenn
- It is needless to say, that now "Nous avons chang tout cela."
- Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846, v. 27 » by Various
- We find423 connected the terms "nous" and "phronsis," also "anastasis."
- Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
- As soon as we see the faults of an institution, nous la brisons.
- Extract from : « British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV » by Various
- The Homœomeries are coeternal with, if not anterior to, Nous.
- Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume I (of 4) » by George Grote
- Nous or Reason is the regulator and the cause of all things.
- Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume II (of 4) » by George Grote
- "Nous vivrons Paris" ('Tis to Paris we go), they shout in glad triumph, and are off.
- Extract from : « The Complete Opera Book » by Gustav Kobb
- I fancied the old fellow had no nous, except for Latin and Greek.
- Extract from : « Cradock Nowell, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
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