nous

noun

1. (uncountable)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. (uncountable)The divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
3. (uncountable)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.”

   “The emerging African elite felt little affection for the wahindi, seen as tight-fisted, snooty and brazenly colour-conscious, but its members knew they needed its business nous.”