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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Nous

/noo͞s/ · IPA /nuːs/
01 n. Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.
  1. 1.
    Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.
  2. 2.
    The reason; the highest intellect; God regarded as the World Reason.(Philos.)