Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A circular or oval light surrounding the head or body of a representation of a deity or holy person; a halo.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The zone of contact-metamorphism about an intrusive igneous mass. It is equivalent to *contact-zone.
- noun A luminous emanation or cloud surrounding a figure or an object; an aureola.
- To surround or invest with an aureole.
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- noun astronomy
Corona . - noun A circle of light or
halo around the head of adeity or asaint - noun by extension Any
luminous orcolored ring thatencircles something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- noun the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, from Late Latin (corōna) aureola, golden (crown), feminine of Latin aureolus, golden, from aureus, from aurum, gold.]
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From Old French aureole, from Medieval Latin aureola (corona) ("golden (crown)").
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brtom commented on the word aureole
"His scarlet beak blazes within the aureole of his straw hat."
Joyce, Ulysses, 15
February 5, 2007
bilby commented on the word aureole
"Sparse blond hair rose like an aureole from the back of his neck. His skin was pink and clean as though he had just come from a steam bath and he smoked a long Russian cigarette."
- 'The Colour Of Blood', Brian Moore.
January 3, 2008