OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4259

eidolon

/aɪˈdəʊlən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aparición • fantasma
A phantom; a ghost or an elusive entity.
Was Philippe d'Orleans seen, this day, 'in the Bois de Boulogne, in grey surtout;' waiting under the wet sere foliage, what the day might bring forth? Alas, yes, the Eidolon of him…
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