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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'eidolon' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions eidolon 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. 1936, Henry Miller, Black Spring: :As a species it is extinct; as an it retains its corporeality " but only if maintained in a state of equipoise. 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p.697: :Kit was sitting up staring into the dark at this , inelegantly turned out contrary to a whole raft of public-decency statutes, which had come monitory and breathing in to violate Kit's insomnia. Etymology: From Ancient Greek (polytonic, á) (eidÅlon) "figure, representation" < (polytonic, á) (eidos) "sight" < (polytonic, á) (eidÅ) "I see" .        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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