nous

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek νοῦς (noûs) or νόος (nóos, “mind”).

1. The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional.

   “I feel the will to roam, to learn By test, experience, nous, That fire is hot and ocean deep, And wolves carnivorous.”

2. The divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
3. Common sense; practical intelligence.

   “to demonstrate nous”

   “There is nothing original in absent-mindedness. True originality lies elsewhere. Really, the lower classes have no nous.”