Associations to the word «Imago»

Wiktionary

IMAGO, noun. The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
IMAGO, noun. An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unaltered in adult life.

Dictionary definition

IMAGO, noun. (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood.
IMAGO, noun. An adult insect produced after metamorphosis.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope