nimbusedadj.
/ˈnɪmbəst/, U.S. /ˈnɪmbəst/ 1. Possessing or surrounded by a nimbus.
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the world > matter > light > [adjective] > surrounded by bright cloud of
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > Mary > [adjective] > having halo
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [adjective] > having halo
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1823 Gentleman’s Mag. Jan. 9/2 Now, I think I can perceive that the infant Jesus (un-nimbused) is in the painting very deformed about the legs.]
1851 Proc. Bury & W. Suffolk Archæol. Inst. Mar. 222 A painted panel, which probably had formed part of a rood-screen in Sudbury, with the remains of a nimbused figure, habited in the costume of a Doctor of Divinity.
1874 ‘Ouida’ Two Wooden Shoes 44 Winged griffins and nimbused saints.
1892 A. Austin Fortunatus i. iv Persistent in Appearance; when approached, A nimbused nothingness.
1908 M. J. Cawein Poems V. 37 They stand in nimbused radiances.
1940 J. Wheelwright Polit. Self-portrait 22 Easterly upon Wheelwright project (diaphonous, nimbused) dead Doctors of Emancipations past.
1998 Atlantic Monthly (Nexis) Jan. 40 What stands out particularly..is the decapitations, which are shown effected by saws, swords, daggers, and axes, with each martyr's gold-nimbused head rolling away.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > formed like a nimbus
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1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 74 That perfect face which bends beneath its cloud of nimbus'd hair.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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