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Definition of Eidos
1. Noun. (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group.
Definition of Eidos
1. an essence [n EIDE] - See also: essence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eidos
Literary usage of Eidos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paxton's Botanical Dictionary: Comprising the Names, History, and Culture of by Joseph Paxton (1868)
"From glossa, a tongue, and eidos, like ; alluding to the tongue-like appendage
within the flower. Linn. 20, Or. 1, Nat. ..."