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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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