imago

[ ih-mey-goh, ih-mah- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural i·ma·goes, i·ma·gi·nes [ih-, mey, -g, uh, -neez, ih-, mah, -].

Entomology. an adult insect.
Psychoanalysis. an idealized concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unaltered in adult life.

imago

/ ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ /

an adult sexually mature insect produced after metamorphosis
psychoanal an idealized image of another person, usually a parent, acquired in childhood and carried in the unconscious in later life

imago

/ ĭ-mā′gō /

, Plural imagoes ĭ-mā′gə-nēz′

Origin of imago¹

1790–1800; < New Latin, Latin imāgō; image

Origin of imago¹

C18: New Latin, from Latin: likeness; see image

The first stage of his Imago Mundi collection has taken Benetton and his team five years to curate.

Luciano Benetton's ‘Imago Mundi’The concept is an innovative but simple one.

Imago Mundi will be on view at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice from August 28th—October 27th.

An allusion to the famous panegyric on the Jesuits called, "Imago primi sculi."

Notes on adolescent states which it is intended to rear to the imago can not be too carefully made or in too much detail.

The pup of this subdivision were named by Linn complete, from the near resemblance which they bear to the imago.

In the case, however, of the earlier or later exclusion of the imago, another agent has probably some influence.

If the movements persist, the 163 opening increases in size, and very soon allows the imago to emerge.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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