nimbus

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  1. noun A cloudy radiance said to surround a classical deity when on earth.
  2. noun A radiant light that appears usually in the form of a circle or halo about or over the head in the representation of a god, demigod, saint, or sacred person such as a king or an emperor.
  3. noun A splendid atmosphere or aura, as of glamour, that surrounds a person or thing.
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  • The cloud formation was nimbus--a dark and shapeless layer with few openings. —  016 - The King Maker
  • Cocooned in a glowing transparent nimbus, the Master Lovecat hovering at her shoulder, the nude girl regarded Europa, the snowball home of the aggressive Caterpillars. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 05 - May 2001
  • The cumulo-nimbus were standing up like monsters, some of them ten thousand feet high, anvil-topped. —  146 - Cargo Unknown
  • He had a lot of flying time to his credit, but only once had he flown into a really bad looking cumulo-nimbus, and he wouldn't have done that except that he had been flying along on instruments, and bored into the thing without seeing it. —  146 - Cargo Unknown
  • A fine witch's tempest of it The cumulo-nimbus was standing up for miles ahead of them. —  146 - Cargo Unknown
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  1. Latin, cloud; see nebh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin nimbus, a rain-cloud, a rain-storm, a cloud, a bright cloud feigned to surround the gods when they appeared on the earth, hence in later use the halo of saints; cf. Latin nubes, a cloud, nebula, a mist, Greek νέφος, νεφέλη, a cloud, a mist: see nebula, nebule. Cf. nimb.
 

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