unnimbedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈnɪm(b)d/, U.S. /ˌənˈnɪm(b)d/ Without a nimbus or halo.
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1850 Mem. Hist. & Antiq. County & City Lincoln 100/1 The group consists of a nimbed female figure, and two unnimbed male figures.
1880 W. Smith & S. Cheetham Dict. Christian Antiq. II. 1400/2 On the tomb..she is unnimbed, while the Holy Child has the nimbus.
1947 Early Christian & Byzantine Art (exhib. catal., Baltimore Mus. of Art) 32 The beardless Christ, unnimbed, mounted on the ass, rides toward a tower.
2005 Speculum 80 793 The two Solomon scenes certainly form a pair, as do the various nimbed and unnimbed bishops.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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