Eidolon definition
A phantom; an apparition.
noun
An image without real existence; phantom; apparition.
noun
An ideal person or thing.
noun
An image of an ideal.
noun
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.
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Noun
Singular:
eidolon
Plural:
eidla, eidlons, eidola, eidolonsOrigin of eidolon
- Greek eidōlon from eidos form weid- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eidōlon, “figure, representation”), from εἶδος (eidos, “sight”), from εἴδω (eidō, “I see”).
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