nimbus
noun/ˈnɪmbəs/US
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus (“dark cloud”). Doublet of nimb. Sense 2 (“grey rain cloud”) was coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation.
Definitions
A circle of light
A circle of light; a halo.
A grey rain cloud.
The neighborhood
- neighbornimbed
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nimbus. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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