Eidolon Definition

ī-dōlən
eidola, eidolons
noun
An image without real existence; phantom; apparition.
Webster's New World
An ideal person or thing.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Eidolon

Noun

Singular:
eidolon
Plural:
eidla, eidlons, eidola, eidolons

Origin of Eidolon

  • From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eidōlon, “figure, representation”), from εἶδος (eidos, “sight”), from εἴδω (eidō, “I see”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek eidōlon from eidos form weid- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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