nousn.

Brit.

/naʊs/, U.S.

/nus/

Forms: 1600s– nous, 1700s nowse, 1700s– nouse; English regional 1800s nowce (Devon), 1800s– nowse, 1900s– nounce (perhaps transmission error), 1900s– nouss (Nottinghamshire).

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νοῦς.

Etymology: < ancient Greek νοῦς, Attic contracted form of νόος mind, of unknown origin. Compare post-classical Latin nous (from 10th cent. in British sources), noys (from early 12th cent. in British sources).In sense 2 the word is occasionally given in the untransliterated Greek form, even in non-technical literary contexts:1743 A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) iv. 175 Thine is the genuine head of many a house, And much Divinity without a Νους.1797 R. Polwhele Old Eng. Gentleman 87 Turning to the signs with keener νους Foretold the future fortunes of his house.1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II cxxx. 184 Because the good old man had so much 'νους'.1910 A. Huxley Let. 15 Feb. (1969) 34 A builder'd do it better had he the smallest νοῦς.

1. Ancient Greek Philosophy. Mind, intellect; intelligence; intuitive apprehension.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [noun]

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [noun] > intellect, reason, or mind

nous1678

Logos1833

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 169 They called Anaxagoras in his time, Nùs, as much as to saye, as vnderstanding.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. f. 46 sig. H4 Her happy-making hand, of whome one looke From Nous and Cosma all their beauty tooke.]

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 406 An Immovable and Standing Nous or Intellect, which was properly the Demiurgus, or Architectonick Framer of the whole World.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 122 They conceived of the Word as something analogous to the Nous or second Hypostasis of Plato.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 158 He did not proclaim his Nous to be a powerful extra-cosmical Architect.

1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 336/1 What Plotinus understands by the nous is the highest sphere accessible to the human mind.., and, along with that, pure thought itself.

1895 J. M. Falkner Lost Stradivarius 254 He dallied..with Neo-Platonism, and boasts that he, like Plotinus, had twice passed the circle of the nous and enjoyed the fruition of the deity.

1902 J. M. Baldwin Dict. Philos. & Psychol. II. 186/1 It is with the Neo-Platonists..that the conception of nous becomes all important.

1926 Jrnl. Philos. 23 717 We must find the road, Nous, Tao or ἁtman, that leads us back into the principle instead of dividing us from it.

1991 W. P. Wanker (title) Nous and Logos: philosophical foundations of Hannah Arendt's political theory.

2. colloquial (chiefly British). Common sense, practical intelligence, ‘gumption’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [noun]

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gumption?1719

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horse sense1832

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marbles1902

gump1920

loaf1925

1706 E. Baynard Hot & Cold Baths in J. Floyer Hist. Cold Bathing (ed. 2) ii. 119 A Demi-brain'd Doctor of more Note than Nous.

1770 Reapers iii. i. 39 Tell um Trusty,..that I'll sarve um;—with a whole heap of honey words, which if they have any nowse in um, they win not gi' this for.

1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto II 6 in Lousiad: Canto I (ed. 4) O aid, as lofty Homer says, my nous, To sing sublime the Monarch and the Louse!

1819 G. Jackson Diary 10 Feb. in Lady Jackson Bath Archives (1873) I. 89 They would not send Oakeley. He has no nouse.

1847 F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life III. 282 I think his doing so exhibits considerable nous in a brute.

1884 Graphic 8 Nov. 494/3 I am glad that my people had the nous to show you into a room where there was a fire.

1927 F. B. Young Portrait of Clare 509 ‘Upon my soul, Clare,’ Aunt Cathie declared, ‘I thought you had more nous.’

1959 Evening Standard 6 July 5/2 He has enough political nous not to wish to carry the can for people like Aneurin Bevan.

2012 G. Duncan Talulla Rising xxix. 168 Madeline, with nous enough not to kill on her own doorstep, had been in the area.

Compounds

† nous box n. slang Obsolete rare the head.

ΚΠ

1811 Lexicon Balatronicum sig. K6 Nous Box, the head.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nous
释义	nousn. Brit. /naʊs/, U.S. /nus/ Forms: 1600s– nous, 1700s nowse, 1700s– nouse; English regional 1800s nowce (Devon), 1800s– nowse, 1900s– nounce (perhaps transmission error), 1900s– nouss (Nottinghamshire). Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νοῦς. Etymology: < ancient Greek νοῦς, Attic contracted form of νόος mind, of unknown origin. Compare post-classical Latin nous (from 10th cent. in British sources), noys (from early 12th cent. in British sources).In sense 2 the word is occasionally given in the untransliterated Greek form, even in non-technical literary contexts:1743 A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) iv. 175 Thine is the genuine head of many a house, And much Divinity without a Νους.1797 R. Polwhele Old Eng. Gentleman 87 Turning to the signs with keener νους Foretold the future fortunes of his house.1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II cxxx. 184 Because the good old man had so much 'νους'.1910 A. Huxley Let. 15 Feb. (1969) 34 A builder'd do it better had he the smallest νοῦς. 1. Ancient Greek Philosophy. Mind, intellect; intelligence; intuitive apprehension. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [noun] i-witc888 anyitOE witOE thoughtOE inwitc1305 intention1340 mindc1384 understandingc1384 intentc1386 intelligencec1390 intellecta1398 minda1398 understanda1400 intellectionc1449 ingeny1477 intellectivec1484 mind-sight1587 intellectual1598 notion1604 intelligency1663 mental1676 nous1678 grasp1683 thinker1835 Geist1871 noesis1881 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [noun] > intellect, reason, or mind nous1678 Logos1833 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 169 They called Anaxagoras in his time, Nùs, as much as to saye, as vnderstanding. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. f. 46 sig. H4 Her happy-making hand, of whome one looke From Nous and Cosma all their beauty tooke.] 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 406 An Immovable and Standing Nous or Intellect, which was properly the Demiurgus, or Architectonick Framer of the whole World. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 122 They conceived of the Word as something analogous to the Nous or second Hypostasis of Plato. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 158 He did not proclaim his Nous to be a powerful extra-cosmical Architect. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 336/1 What Plotinus understands by the nous is the highest sphere accessible to the human mind.., and, along with that, pure thought itself. 1895 J. M. Falkner Lost Stradivarius 254 He dallied..with Neo-Platonism, and boasts that he, like Plotinus, had twice passed the circle of the nous and enjoyed the fruition of the deity. 1902 J. M. Baldwin Dict. Philos. & Psychol. II. 186/1 It is with the Neo-Platonists..that the conception of nous becomes all important. 1926 Jrnl. Philos. 23 717 We must find the road, Nous, Tao or ἁtman, that leads us back into the principle instead of dividing us from it. 1991 W. P. Wanker (title) Nous and Logos: philosophical foundations of Hannah Arendt's political theory. 2. colloquial (chiefly British). Common sense, practical intelligence, ‘gumption’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [noun] witc1175 sensea1382 conscience1449 mother witc1475 common wit1517 common sense1536 philosophy1557 good sense?1562 sconce1567 mother-sense1603 ingenuity1651 bonsense1681 rumgumption1686 nous1706 gumption?1719 rummlegumption1751 savvy1785 horse sense1832 kokum1848 sabe1872 common1899 marbles1902 gump1920 loaf1925 1706 E. Baynard Hot & Cold Baths in J. Floyer Hist. Cold Bathing (ed. 2) ii. 119 A Demi-brain'd Doctor of more Note than Nous. 1770 Reapers iii. i. 39 Tell um Trusty,..that I'll sarve um;—with a whole heap of honey words, which if they have any nowse in um, they win not gi' this for. 1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto II 6 in Lousiad: Canto I (ed. 4) O aid, as lofty Homer says, my nous, To sing sublime the Monarch and the Louse! 1819 G. Jackson Diary 10 Feb. in Lady Jackson Bath Archives (1873) I. 89 They would not send Oakeley. He has no nouse. 1847 F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life III. 282 I think his doing so exhibits considerable nous in a brute. 1884 Graphic 8 Nov. 494/3 I am glad that my people had the nous to show you into a room where there was a fire. 1927 F. B. Young Portrait of Clare 509 ‘Upon my soul, Clare,’ Aunt Cathie declared, ‘I thought you had more nous.’ 1959 Evening Standard 6 July 5/2 He has enough political nous not to wish to carry the can for people like Aneurin Bevan. 2012 G. Duncan Talulla Rising xxix. 168 Madeline, with nous enough not to kill on her own doorstep, had been in the area. Compounds † nous box n. slang Obsolete rare the head. ΚΠ 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum sig. K6 Nous Box, the head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1678
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