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Definition of 'nimbus'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) nimbus
(in classical myth) a cloud that sometimes surrounds a deity appearing on earth.

2. nimbus
a cloud, aura, atmosphere, etc., surrounding a person or thing.

3. nimbus
the type of dense cloud that yields rain or snow.

Etymology: (1610–20; < L: cloud; akin to L nebula, Gk nephélē, néphos cloud)

Definition of 'nimbus'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) nimbus, nimbus cloud, rain cloud
a dark grey cloud bearing rain

2. (noun) aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole
an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

Definition of 'nimbus'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) nimbus
a circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5

2. (noun) nimbus
a rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud

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