Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
China
A country in East Asia, the fourth largest and most populous in the world; population 1,376,000,000 (estimated 2015); language, Chinese (of which Mandarin is the official form); capital, Beijing.Official name People’s Republic of China
Nous
noun
mass noun
1. British informal Common sense; practical intelligence.
‘if he had any nous at all, he’d sell the film rights’
2. Philosophy
The mind or intellect.
Origin
Late 17th century (in nous (sense 2)): from Greek, ‘mind, intelligence, intuitive apprehension’.