nimbus
noun
a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth.
nimbused
-
a word derived from
nimbus.
Example Sentences
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Its basis is a sentiment which antiquity deified, primitive Christianity scorned, chivalry nimbused and the Renaissance propelled over the paths easy or perilous which it has since pursued.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus
But so long as these are presented to us nimbused by the wizard light that fuses the Real and the Ideal, we believe while we read and listen, and that is enough.
From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Alfred Austin
The shimmering mists that had nimbused Norhala had vanished—or merging into the wan gleaming had become one with it.
From The Metal Monster by Abraham Merritt
The path we trod was an exquisite mosaic—pastel greens and pinks upon a soft grey base, garlands of nimbused forms like the flaming rose of the Rosicrucians held in the mouths of the flying serpents.
From The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt
From streaming tresses to white feet an oval of pulsing, golden light nimbused her.
From The Metal Monster by Abraham Merritt
