Usually means: Intellect, rational thought, mind's eye.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word nous:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. nous: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. nous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nous: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nous, nous: Wordnik
  7. nous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. nous: Wiktionary
  9. nous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. nous: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Nous, nous: Dictionary.com
  12. Nous (Diane Birch album), Nous (disambiguation), Nous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Nous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. nous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. nous: Rhymezone
  16. Nous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. nous: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. Nous: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. nous: Free Dictionary
  20. nous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. nous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. nous: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nous-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. NOUS: Acronym Finder
  2. nous: A Word A Day
  3. nous: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nous, nous: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. nous: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. nous: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional
noun:  In Neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
noun:  Common sense; practical intelligence.

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