noun
pl. -·lons or -·la- an image without real existence; phantom; apparition
- an ideal person or thing
Origin of eidolon
Classical Greek eid?lon, an image: see idoleidolon
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eidolon
noun
pl. ei·do·lons, or ei·do·la- A phantom; an apparition.
- An image of an ideal.
Origin of eidolon
Greek eidōlon from eidos form ; see weid- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural eidola or eidolons)
- An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality.
- A phantom, a ghost or elusive entity.
Origin
See also: eidôlonFrom Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eidōlon, “figure, representation”), from εἶδος (eidos, “sight”), from εἴδω (eidō, “I see”).
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