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aura

[ awr-uh ]
/ ˈɔr ə /
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noun, plural au·ras or, for 3, au·rae [awr-ee]. /ˈɔr i/.
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere: an aura of respectability; an aura of friendliness.
a subtly pervasive quality or atmosphere seen as emanating from a person, place, or thing.
Pathology. a sensation, as of lights or a current of warm or cold air, preceding an attack of migraine or epilepsy.
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Origin of aura

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin <Greek: breath (of air)

Other definitions for aura (2 of 2)

Aura
[ awr-uh ]
/ ˈɔr ə /

noun Classical Mythology.
a companion of Artemis who bore twins to Dionysus. Zeus changed her into a spring because, in a fit of madness, she had killed one of her children.
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British Dictionary definitions for aura

aura
/ (ˈɔːrə) /

noun plural auras or aurae (ˈɔːriː)
a distinctive air or quality considered to be characteristic of a person or thing
any invisible emanation, such as a scent or odour
pathol strange sensations, such as noises in the ears or flashes of light, that immediately precede an attack, esp of epilepsy
(in parapsychology) an invisible emanation produced by and surrounding a person or object: alleged to be discernible by individuals of supernormal sensibility

Word Origin for aura

C18: via Latin from Greek: breeze
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