nous

[ noos, nous ]

/ nus, naʊs /

Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.

Neoplatonism. the first and purest emanation of the One, regarded as the self-contemplating order of the universe.

Origin of nous

1670–80; < Greek noûs, contracted variant of nóos mind

"Nous verrons," answered I, swinging it on my forefinger, in order to demonstrate its lightness.

Frank Fairlegh |Frank E. Smedley
Nous remarquons Cliff-Palace de grands progrs dans l'art de la construction.

Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace |Jesse Walter Fewkes
Had our speeches, as usual with nous autres, served with the dessert instead of as entres.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, June 29, 1895 |Various
Nous y allons cette nuit et il faut s'exercer un peu d'avance pour cela.

Three John Silence Stories |Algernon Blackwood

Tourville wrote to Hocquincourt: nous avons singlét (sailed), for cinglé.

Toilers of the Sea |Victor Hugo

nous

/ (naʊs) /

metaphysics mind or reason, esp when regarded as the principle governing all things

British slang common sense; intelligence

C17: from Greek, literally: mind