gloriole

American  

[glawr-ee-ohl, glohr-] / ˈglɔr iˌoʊl, ˈgloʊr- /

noun

1. a halo, nimbus, or aureole.

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gloriole British  

/ ˈɡlɔːrɪˌəʊl /

noun

1. another name for a halo nimbus nimbus

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Etymology

Origin of gloriole

1805–15; < Latin glōriola, equivalent to glōri ( a ) glory + -ola -ole ¹

Example Sentences

O'er my head no golden gloriole   Ever shall be proudly set For my knowledge of the oriole,   Eagle, ibis, or egrette.

From Tobogganing on Parnassus by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)

A great German historian, Gervinus, has said: "He was the greatest benefactor of Germany who removed the gloriole from the heads crowned by the grace of God."

From Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 by Rose, Achilles

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 Disraeli, Isaac

And Sappho, with that gloriole Of ebon hair on calmèd brows— O poet-woman! none forgoes The leap, attaining the repose.

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

It is terribly cold to be for the future labouring only for the gloriole, after flattering oneself for a while that one was working for the public weal.’

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 3: Condorcet by Morley, John