AUREOLA | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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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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