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aureole
[ awr-ee-ohl ]
noun
- a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- any encircling ring of light or color; halo.
- Astronomy. corona ( def 3 ).
- Geology. a zone of altered country rock around an igneous intrusion.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aureole1
C13: from Old French auréole, from Medieval Latin ( corōna ) aureola golden (crown), from Latin aureolus golden, from aurum gold
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Example Sentences
Its scintillating rays glorified the dark corner with the aureole of a great hope.
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Even her pretty hair seemed to have acquired a nervous life, and stood out in a quivering aureole.
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He was small and chunky in build, and nervous in his mind, and had red fuzzy hair that stuck up around his head like an aureole.
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Round the big winged arm of the chair a wonderful, bright aureole of hair showed suddenly.
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He was clearly revealed by the lights, and was magnified by the aureole of tinted fog which surrounded him.
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