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aeon¹

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From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, era”).

noun aeons · æon · Aeon · Æon · aion · Aion

  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.
  2. A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
  3. Each universe in a series of universes, according to conformal cyclic cosmology.

Aeon²

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of aeon

Aeon³

Where it comes from

Blend of Ada + Leon.

proper noun

  1. slang The ship of characters Leon S. Kennedy and Ada Wong of Resident Evil.

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"aeon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/aeon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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aeon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/aeon

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"aeon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/aeon.

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@misc{aeon_2026,
  title = {aeon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aeon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}