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eidola

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ei⋅do⋅lon

  [ahy-doh-luhn]
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–noun, plural -la  [-luh] , -lons.
1. a phantom; apparition.
2. an ideal.
Origin:
1820–30; see idol
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ei·do·lon   (ī-dō'lən)   
n.   pl. ei·do·lons or ei·do·la (-lə)

  1. A phantom; an apparition.

  2. An image of an ideal.


[Greek eidōlon, from eidos, form; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]
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