Word: Aureole
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French aureole, from Latin aureola (corona) ‘golden (crown)’, feminine of aureolus (diminutive of aureus, from aurum ‘gold’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɔːrɪəʊl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a circle of light or brightness surrounding something, especially as depicted in art around the head or body of a person represented as holy
Short Definition:circle of light
Examples:- her hair framed her face in a golden aureole
Short Definition:
areola
Definition:
the zone of metamorphosed rock surrounding an igneous intrusion.
Short Definition:zone of rock
Variant Forms:
- aureola
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