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Word of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2011nimbus \NIM-buhs\, noun: 1. (Fine Arts) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. Sometimes when she stood in front of a lamp, the highlights on her hair made a nimbus. The two lights over the front steps were haloed with a hazy nimbus of mist, and strange insects fluttered up against the screen, fragile, wing-thin and blinded, dazed, numbed by the brilliance. Mara felt she could practically see a nimbus of light around her, like the biblical Esther before she becomes queen. Decorated in royal green and gold with crystal chandeliers and plush furniture, the office featured a lighted full-length portrait of Johnson leaning against a bookcase and two overhead lamps projecting "an impressive nimbus of golden light" as Lyndon sat at his desk. Nimbus is from the Latin nimbus, "a rain cloud, a rain storm." | |||||||||
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