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(1 syl.). Genius, natural acumen, quick perception, ready wit. The Platonists used the word for mind, or the first cause. (Greek, nous, contraction of noos Pronounce nouce.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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