gloriole
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gloriole
1805–15; < Latin glōriola, equivalent to glōri ( a ) glory + -ola -ole 1
Example Sentences
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He invented gloriole as a contemptuous diminutive of glorie; to describe that vanity of some egotists, so proud of the small talents which they may have received from nature or from accident.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli
One served to explain the virtue most familiar to him—bienfaisance; and that irritable vanity which magnifies its ephemeral fame, the sage reduced to a mortifying diminutive—la gloriole!
From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Isaac Disraeli
As a gloriole sign o' grace, Goldilocks, ah fall and flow, On the blooming, childlike face, Dimple, dimple, come and go.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Jean Ingelow
I do not say this for my petite gloriole, but because it seems a part of my story to give the reader a measure of my juvenile ability.
From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Henry Digby Beste
Low foreheads characterize the antique; but who can fancy 'violet-crowned, immortal Sappho,' "'With that gloriole Of ebon hair, on calmed brows,' other than I have drawn her!"
From Beulah by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
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