Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nous \Nous\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? mind.]
   Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.

Nous \Nous\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? mind.] (Philos.)
   The reason; the highest intellect; God regarded as the World
   Reason.

Source : WordNet®

nous
     n 1: 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 mind wandered"; "I
        couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: {mind}, {head},
         {brain}, {psyche}]