nimbus
noun/ˈnɪmbəs/
/ˈnɪmbəs/
(specialist)- [countable, usually singular, uncountable] a large grey rain cloudTopics Weatherc2
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- [countable, usually singular] a circle of light
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘cloud, aureole’.
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