psyche : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: psyche	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for psyche
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
psyche n that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" Synonym(s): mind, head, brain, psyche, nous the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life Synonym(s): soul, psyche (Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Psyche \Psy"che\, n. [L., fr. Gr. PSychh` Psyche, fr. psychh` the soul.] 1. (Class Myth.) A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul. 2. The soul; the vital principle; the mind. 3. [F. psych[82].] A cheval glass.