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eidolon - 3 dictionary results

ei⋅do⋅lon

[ahy-doh-luhn]
–noun, plural -la [-luh] , -lons.
1. a phantom; apparition.
2. an ideal.

Origin:
1820–30; see idol
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.]

Eidolon

Ei*do"lon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? image. See Idol.] An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition. --Sir W. Scott.
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