HaLo
WordNet

noun


(1)   An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
(2)   A circle of light around the sun or moon
(3)   A toroidal shape
"A ring of ships in the harbor"
"A halo of smoke"
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Etymology


From from , (also and ), itself of unknown origin, one theory being from .
Used in English since 1563, sense of light around someone’s head since 1646.

Noun



  1. A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
  2. Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
  3. nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
  4. The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
 
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