pneuma

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈnjuːmə/

Definition of pneuma

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A neume.
    “With swaying arms they wail in pneuma over the recreant Bloom.”
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noun

  1. A neume.
    “With swaying arms they wail in pneuma over the recreant Bloom.”
  2. The spirit or soul.
    “But bound to reach out and beyond this flesh. / Become Pneuma”
  3. One of three levels of a human being, the spirit, along with the body and soul.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pnéō, “I blow, breathe”). Doublet of neume.

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