ei·do·lon
[īˈdōlən]
NOUN
literary
eidola (plural noun) · eidolons (plural noun)
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an idealized person or thing.
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a specter or phantom.synonyms:specter · phantom · wraith · spirit · soul · shadow · presence · vision · apparition · hallucination · bodach · Doppelgänger · duppy · spook · phantasm · shade · revenant · visitant · wight · eidolon · manes · lemures
ORIGIN
early 19th century: from Greek eidōlon, from eidos ‘form’.
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Eidolon . . . how do you compare
a word that is neither here or there?
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Great! I have not either!
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What a great word!
The likes of which
I have never heard.
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