Synonyms for nimbus
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nim-buh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɪm bəs |
Définition of nimbus
Origin :- 1610s, "bright cloud surrounding a god," from Latin nimbus "cloud," perhaps related to nebula "cloud, mist" (see nebula). Meaning "halo" is first recorded c.1730. Meteorological sense of "a rain cloud" is from 1803.
- noun cloud
- It was like a thunderbolt in a nimbus—the rush of Flagg down the mountain.
- Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
- He puffed quietly until his head was surrounded by a nimbus of smoke.
- Extract from : « Pandemic » by Jesse Franklin Bone
- The nimbus of the saint in his eyes, was associated with the crown of martyrdom.
- Extract from : « The Little Savage » by Captain Frederick Marryat
- Above is a nimbus of clouds, and above the nimbus, the weighing of souls.
- Extract from : « Highways and Byways in Surrey » by Eric Parker
- The gas-lights have no heart in them, and each wears a nimbus.
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- Moreover these figures in Yucatan have a nimbus too, just like the Buddhas.
- Extract from : « The American Egypt » by Channing Arnold
- A sword—a crown—the nimbus of a saint: imagination might play untrammelled.
- Extract from : « Sophy of Kravonia » by Anthony Hope
- It wears a crown, and a glory of daggers is the nimbus about its head!
- Extract from : « The Life Of George Cruikshank, Vol. I. (of II) » by Blanchard Jerrold
- Golden tresses like a nimbus of glory adorned her queenly head.
- Extract from : « The Broken Sword » by Dennison Worthington
- Overhead there was a dense pall of nimbus from which snow fell at intervals.
- Extract from : « The Home of the Blizzard » by Douglas Mawson
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