March 22, 2011

Word of the Day: Eidos

 Eidos \AHY-dos, EY-dos\ noun
 
1. The formal sum of a culture, its intellectual character, ideas, etc. 
 
Origin:  From Greek eidos (form, idea), ultimately from the Indo-European root weid- (to see), which is the source of words such as wise, view, supervise, wit.
 
 

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