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1. [Brit] Common sense
   "she has great social nous"
    
2. That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
   "his nous wandered";
   - mind, head, brain, psyche

Derived forms: nouses

Type of: cognition, common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, knowledge, mother wit, noesis, sense

Encyclopedia: Nous Nous, on veut des violons