Word of the Day: Eidolon.
NOUN
1. An idealized person or thing.
2. A specter or phantom.
Example Sentences.
1. "Marilyn Monroe was once the eidolon of Hollywood glamour."
2. "The movie 'Poltergeist' has a menacing eidolon that haunts a family's new home."
3. "My family holds up my grandfather as an eidolon of virtues, but I've heard some silly stories about his boyhood."
Word Origin.
Greek, early 19th century
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.
NOUN
1. An idealized person or thing.
2. A specter or phantom.
Example Sentences.
1. "Marilyn Monroe was once the eidolon of Hollywood glamour."
2. "The movie 'Poltergeist' has a menacing eidolon that haunts a family's new home."
3. "My family holds up my grandfather as an eidolon of virtues, but I've heard some silly stories about his boyhood."
Word Origin.
Greek, early 19th century
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.
Word of the Day: Eidolon.
NOUN
1. An idealized person or thing.
2. A specter or phantom.
Example Sentences.
1. "Marilyn Monroe was once the eidolon of Hollywood glamour."
2. "The movie 'Poltergeist' has a menacing eidolon that haunts a family's new home."
3. "My family holds up my grandfather as an eidolon of virtues, but I've heard some silly stories about his boyhood."
Word Origin.
Greek, early 19th century
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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