单词 | gloriole |
释义 | gloriolen.ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun] > honour or glory > a scrap of glory gloriole1813 1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) XI. 181 It is unworthy of one of his reputation to get his brigade into scrapes, for the sake of the little gloriole of driving in a few picquets. b. An aureole; a halo. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [noun] > celestial crown of aureolec1220 aureola1483 glory1646 halo1646 nimbus1728 Gloria1784 nimbe1830 gloriole1844 nimb1849 1844 E. B. Barrett Poems I. 235 The broad gloriole round his brow Did vibrate with the light below. 1863 J. Ingelow Brothers 113 As a gloriole sign o' grace. 1874 W. Tay tr. F. Hebra & M. Kaposi On Dis. Skin III. xxxiv. 70 Several years ago, another athlete..exhibited himself, who could elevate his extraordinarily abundant and long hair as a gloreole around his head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813 |
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