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eudaimon

noun

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐδαίμων (eudaímōn). By surface analysis, eu- + daimon.

  1. learned borrowing from εὐδαίμων

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of eudaemon.

    • In Heathen days it was fancied that an Eudaimon or healing spirit lingered at the spot, and this idea was not confined to peasants or the illiterate, but it was fostered and stirred to active life by the wise men of the day.
    • For meanwhile the Church had decided that all the classic influences, Eudaimons or Good Spirits as well as Kakodaimons or Bad Spirits were devils.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for eudaimon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA