Nous (n)
na-w-s
Common sense; practical intelligence.
From Greek, ‘mind, intelligence, intuitive apprehension’.
Example sentences
“If he had any nous at all he’d have snapped those bargains up.”
“For someone so intelligent he lacks even a tiny bit of nous.”
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