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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nous /naʊs/

▶noun

1 Brit. informal practical intelligence.

2 Philosophy the mind or intellect.

– origin C17: from Gk, ‘mind, intelligence’.

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