Synonyms for nous

Grammar : Noun

Spell : noos, nous

Phonetic Transcription : nus, naʊs

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

Example sentences :

"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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