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Eloi

/ˈiːlɔɪ/

Eloi proper noun: a male given name.

Proper noun

Eloi

  1. A male given name.

Noun

Eloi pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A group of people who have been domesticated or intentionally dumbed down.

Origin of Eloi

From French Éloi, from Medieval Latin Eligius, chiefly after Saint Eligius, from Latin ēligere (“to pick, to choose from”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives and names”).

Coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in 1895 as a fictional species in The Time Machine.

Questions about Eloi

What does Eloi mean?
Eloi means a male given name.
What part of speech is Eloi?
Eloi can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Eloi?
Eloi is pronounced /ˈiːlɔɪ/.

Words near Eloi in the dictionary

  1. Elohism
  2. Elohist
  3. Elohistic
  4. Elohistically
  5. Elohists
  6. Eloi
  7. eloign
  8. eloignate
  9. eloignated
  10. eloignates
  11. eloignating

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