Today's Word "nimbus"
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nimbus \NIM-buhs\ (noun) - 1 : (Fine Arts) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. 2 : A cloud or atmosphere (as of romance or glamour) that surrounds a person or thing. 3 : (Meteorology) A rain cloud.
"In Sarah's eyes, Jason was surrounded by a sort of nimbus created by all of his good deeds, and even his casual ignorant abuse of her couldn't change her opinion."
Nimbus is from the Latin nimbus, "a rain cloud, a rain storm."
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