idolon

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A form of eidolon — An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality.

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Meanings

nounidolon (plural idolons or idola)

plural idolons · plural idola

  1. alternativeAlternative form of eidolon.

    Thus, as out of the body sat our recumbent doctor in the room underneath the bed in which his snoring idolon lay, Tom Dunstan stood beside the table, with the short white threads sticking out on his blue sleeve […]

    1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with idolon

colonsolonsemicoloneidolonstolonmesocolon
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Anagrams

Doolin
Cite this entry
APA

idolon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idolon

MLA

“idolon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idolon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “idolon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idolon.

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