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)).

  1. borrowed from imāgō

Definitions

  1. 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?’
  2. 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

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