aeon

English

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Noun

aeon (plural aeons)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) Alternative spelling of eon.
   • 1892, Rudyard Kipling, When Earth's Last Picture is Painted (L’Envoi to 'The Seven Seas'):

     When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted and dried,/ When the oldest colors have faded, and the youngest critic has died,/ We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it -- lie down for an aeon or two,/Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall put us to work anew.

2. (Gnosticism, preferred spelling, with æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἰών (aiōn, “age, eternity”)

Noun

aeōn (genitive aeōnis); m, second declension

1. (Late Latin) age, eternity
2. (Late Latin) the Gnostic Æons