Eudaimon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of eudaemon. alt-of, alternative

    "In Heathen days it was fancied that an Eudaimon or healing spirit lingered at the spot, and this idea was not confined to peasants or the illiterate, but it was fostered and stirred to active life by the wise men of the day."

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eudemoneudemongood spirit

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"In Heathen days it was fancied that an Eudaimon or healing spirit lingered at the spot, and this idea was not confined to peasants or the illiterate, but it was fostered and stirred to active life by the wise men of the day."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐδαίμων (eudaímōn). By surface analysis, eu- + daimon.

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