Geistn.
/ɡʌɪst/ Spirit; spirituality; intellectuality; intelligence.
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the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [noun]
i-witc888
anyitOE
witOE
thoughtOE
inwitc1305
intention1340
mindc1384
understandingc1384
intentc1386
intelligencec1390
intellecta1398
minda1398
understanda1400
intellectionc1449
ingeny1477
intellectivec1484
mind-sight1587
intellectual1598
notion1604
intelligency1663
mental1676
nous1678
grasp1683
thinker1835
Geist1871
noesis1881
the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > mind, soul, spirit, heart > [noun]
wombeOE
moodeOE
heartOE
inner manc1000
soulOE
ghostOE
sprite1340
inwit1382
consciencec1384
spiritc1384
minda1387
spirtc1415
esperite1477
inward man1526
pneuma1559
esprite1591
internala1594
interior1600
entelechy1603
inside1615
psyche1648
sprit1653
citta1853
undersoul1868
Geist1871
heart-mind1959
1871 M. Arnold Friendship's Garland i. 8 In Berlin we oppose ‘Geist’—intelligence, as you or the French might say—to ‘Ungeist’.
1871 M. Arnold Friendship's Garland i. 9 France has ‘Geist’ in her democracy, and Prussia in her education.
1883 19th Cent. Aug. 274 So that the heaven to which we must look forward will be a heaven of pure Geist.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Jan. 19/1 Papers acquire a certain temperament with time. They have their own Geist, their own quirks of personality.
1964 Economist 12 Dec. 1256/1 The main geist which rules the Treasury is that of amenability.
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