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aureole

[awr-ee-ohl] / ˈɔr iˌoʊl /
NOUN
radiant circle
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This childishly wily Mary is a very damp match for Catherine McCormack’s pitiless Elizabeth and her aureole of fabulous, if anachronistic, hair.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2018

To Ebbers' head, he added a hallucinogenic explosion of eyes and dots. Around the pair's hands, he placed an aureole — the abstracted, golden flames that are used in the depiction of holy figures in Catholic iconography.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2015

That will allow the heat to extend farther into the country rock, creating a larger aureole.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

“I love you, Papa,” she said, her smile an aureole of smeared toothpaste and happiness.

From Nature • Mar. 12, 2014

The number of adorers he had had in all classes made an aureole of glory round his head.

From The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando




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