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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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