Definitions for aeon

aeon ae·on

Spelling: [ee-uh n, ee-on]
IPA: /ˈi ən, ˈi ɒn/

Aeon is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in aeon (aeno).

Definitions for aeon

noun

  1. (in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
  2. eon.
  3. an indefinitely long period of time; age.
  4. the largest division of geologic time, comprising two or more eras.
  5. Astronomy. one billion years.

Origin of aeon

1640-50; Late Latin Greek aiṓn space of time, age

Examples for aeon

It seemed as if he had reached sanctuary after an aeon of chaos.

Given such a culture-hero, the common herd was capable of carrying on more or less mechanically for an aeon or so.

For a moment that had to Letty the air of an aeon, Godfrey stood peering.

After what seemed an aeon, they saw that it was daylight outside.

Don't you remember what happened to the passengers of the aeon, when that steamer was wrecked on Christmas Island?

When it was spent, they would rest for aeon, then stir again.

And he says that this world (aeon) was constructed defectively by Dominions and Principalities of evil.

An aeon might have elapsed since he had walked down the white marble of its aisle toward the crouching figure in the pew.

Eight years have elapsed since that day and this writing—an aeon in this rapidly moving Republic of ours.

In a January piece in aeon Magazine, science writer Philip Ball identifies the dangers of “instrument-worship” among scientists.

Word Value for aeon
Scrable

4

Words with friends

5

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