imago
noun/ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ/UK/ɪˈmeɪɡoʊ/US
Etymology
From Latin imāgō. Doublet of image. Compare typologically a Russian term for coordinate larva: личи́нка (ličínka) (akin to лик (lik)).
- borrowed from imāgō
Definitions
The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
- ‘But still,’ he said to himself, drawing the metamorphoses of a red admiral, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and imago on his pad, ‘what shall I say to him when we meet?’
An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unconsciously into…
An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unconsciously into adult life, the basis for the psychological formation of personality archetypes.
The neighborhood
- neighborimago Dei
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for imago. 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