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Word of the Day: Eidolon

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Friday, June 7, 2024
Eidolon
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noun 1. An idealized person or thing.
2. A specter or phantom.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Play Button "Marilyn Monroe was once the eidolon of Hollywood glamour."
Play Button "The movie 'Poltergeist' has a menacing eidolon that haunts a family's new home."
Play Button "My family holds up my grandfather as an eidolon of virtues, but I've heard some silly stories about his boyhood."
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Greek, early 19th century
Why This Word?
This word is borrowed from the Greek "eidōlon," from "eidos," which means "form." The root manifests in both usages of "eidolon" — most obviously as a ghostly form in the "specter or phantom" definition. The eidolon of Hamlet's father, for example, is a somber presence in the Shakespeare play. ...
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