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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. common sense;
- Example: "she has great social nous"

2. that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason;
- Example: "his mind wandered"
- Example: "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
[syn: mind, head, brain, psyche, nous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nous \Nous\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. noy^s mind.]
   1. Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Philos.) The reason; the highest intellect; God regarded
      as the World Reason.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Nousel


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nous
    n 1: common sense; "she has great social nous"
    2: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings;
       the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I
       couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind, head,
       brain, psyche, nous]