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aeons

aeons is the plural of aeon.

Meaning of aeon

Noun

aeon (plural aeons)

  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of eon.
    • When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted and dried,/ When the oldest colors have faded, and the youngest critic has died,/ We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it -- lie down for an aeon or two,/Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall put us to work anew.1892, Rudyard Kipling, When Earth's Last Picture is Painted (L’Envoi to 'The Seven Seas')
  2. A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
  3. (Cosmology) Each universe in a series of universes, according to conformal cyclic cosmology.

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Noun capitalized: Aeons

Aeons

  1. (plural) plural of Aeon

Phrases with aeons

Questions about aeons

What is aeons the plural of?
Aeons is the plural of aeon.
What part of speech is aeons?
Aeons is a noun.

Words near aeons in the dictionary

  1. aeonic
  2. aeonite
  3. aeonium
  4. aeoniums
  5. aeonology
  6. aeons
  7. AEOs
  8. aepycerotine
  9. Aepyornis
  10. Aepyornises
  11. aepyornithid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aeons (page history and authors); Aeons (page history and authors); aeon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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