n.
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek noos, nous mind
Date: 1678
1 \ ' nüs also ' nau ̇ s \ : MIND , REASON : as a : an intelligent purposive principle of the world b : the divine reason regarded in Neoplatonism as the first emanation of God
2 \ ' nau ̇ s \ chiefly British : COMMON SENSE , ALERTNESS