gloriole
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gloriole
1805–15; < Latin glōriola, equivalent to glōri ( a ) glory + -ola -ole 1
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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 Achilles Rose
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
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
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
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 John Morley
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