idolon

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Noun

idolon (plural idolons or idola)

  1. Alternative form of eidolon
    • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
      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 []

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Noun

idolon

  1. accusative singular of idolo