Pound was said to have coined the word from Greek roots in a 1918 review of the "Others" poetry anthology — he defined the term as "the dance of the intellect among words." Elsewhere he changes intellect to intelligence.
According to Pound, who is said to have coined the term in a 1918 review of the "Others" poetry anthology, it refers to "the dance of the intellect among words." He later changed "intellect" to "intelligence" in other contexts.