Main Entry: nous

Function: noun

Etymology: Greek noos, nous mind

Date: 1678

1\ˈnüs also ˈnau̇s\ : mind, reason: as a : an intelligent purposive principle of the world b : the divine reason regarded in Neoplatonism as the first emanation of God
2\ˈnau̇s\ chiefly British : common sense, alertness