Word of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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nimbus \NIM-buhs\, noun:
nimbus \NIM-buhs\, noun:
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1. (Fine Arts) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo.
1. (Fine Arts) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo.
2. A cloud or atmosphere (as of romance or glamour) that surrounds a person or thing.
3. (Meteorology) A rain cloud.
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That nimbus surrounding the B.O. after he was first elected was actually coming from the (conservative) train's headlight as he and his administration were about to be run over!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Sometimes when she stood in front of a lamp, the highlights on her hair made a nimbus.-- James Morgan, The Distance to the Moon
Sometimes when she stood in front of a lamp, the highlights on her hair made a nimbus.-- James Morgan, The Distance to the Moon
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The two lights over the front steps were haloed with a hazy nimbus of mist, and strange insects fluttered up against the screen, fragile, wing-thin and blinded, dazed, numbed by the brilliance.-- Karen V. Kukil (Editor), The Journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950-1962
The two lights over the front steps were haloed with a hazy nimbus of mist, and strange insects fluttered up against the screen, fragile, wing-thin and blinded, dazed, numbed by the brilliance.-- Karen V. Kukil (Editor), The Journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950-1962
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Mara felt she could practically see a nimbus of light around her, like the biblical Esther before she becomes queen.-- Anna Shapiro, The Scourge
Mara felt she could practically see a nimbus of light around her, like the biblical Esther before she becomes queen.-- Anna Shapiro, The Scourge
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Decorated in royal green and gold with crystal chandeliers and plush furniture, the office featured a lighted full-length portrait of Johnson leaning against a bookcase and two overhead lamps projecting "an impressive nimbus of golden light" as Lyndon sat at his desk.-- Robert Dallek, Flawed Giant
Decorated in royal green and gold with crystal chandeliers and plush furniture, the office featured a lighted full-length portrait of Johnson leaning against a bookcase and two overhead lamps projecting "an impressive nimbus of golden light" as Lyndon sat at his desk.-- Robert Dallek, Flawed Giant
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Nimbus is from the Latin nimbus, "a rain cloud, a rain storm."
Nimbus is from the Latin nimbus, "a rain cloud, a rain storm."
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