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nimbus (iou)



nimbus noun. , -buses. E17.
[Latin = cloud, rain, aureole.]
A bright or luminous cloud or cloudlike formation investing a god etc.; transf. a cloud of fine particles or other matter surrounding a person or thing. E17.
H. R. Reynolds Manhood was lost in the nimbus of celestial glory. M. Gordon The protective nimbus cast by his father's body.
(A representation of) a halo surrounding the head of Jesus, a saint, etc. E18.
W. de la Mare The golden nimbus of the windowed saint.
Meteorology. A rain-cloud. Now rare. E19.
nimbused adjective (a) invested with or surrounded by a nimbus; (b) formed into a nimbus: M19.