Meaning & use
Nimbus
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A large gray rain cloud, or a luminous cloud, halo, or aura, especially one depicted around the head of a sacred figure in art.
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A dark nimbus gathered over the hills, warning of the storm to come.
The medieval painting showed the saint with a golden nimbus encircling her head.
A note on using this word
"Nimbus" comes directly from Latin, where it meant "cloud" or "rain," and later gained the meaning of a radiant halo in religious art.
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