Associations to the word «Eliot»

Wiktionary

ELIOT, proper noun. An English and Scottish surname, variant of Elliott.
ELIOT, proper noun. A male given name, variant of Elliott.

Dictionary definition

ELIOT, noun. British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965).
ELIOT, noun. British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats