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  • noun Plural form of aureola.

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Examples

  • No throbbing manhoods or heaving bosoms or aureolae crinkling in delight or bursting dams of orgasmic orgamicosity or whatever.

    2006 December 08 « Whatever 2006

  • No throbbing manhoods or heaving bosoms or aureolae crinkling in delight or bursting dams of orgasmic orgamicosity or whatever.

    Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby « Whatever 2006

  • William attributes his Scrabble acumen to his very thorough education in university, which opened his eyes, he says, to premium words such as "aureolae," "qanat," and "euripi" my spell-check flagged two of these words as being unknown; that's how good William is.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TIM CESTNICK 2011

  • William attributes his Scrabble acumen to his very thorough education in university, which opened his eyes, he says, to premium words such as "aureolae," "qanat," and "euripi" my spell-check flagged two of these words as being unknown; that's how good William is.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TIM CESTNICK 2011

  • Regarding Scalzi’s last paragraph: If aureolae are crinkling with delight, I think it’s a sign of a more serious symptom.

    Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby « Whatever 2006

  • But on second thoughts _that_ -- "Amber snaps her fingers and the mannequin turns around once more before morphing back into neutrality, aureolae perfect puckered disks above the top of its bodice --" is just too much. "

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

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