Associations to the word «Nimbus»

Wiktionary

NIMBUS, noun. A circle of light; a halo.
NIMBUS, noun. A gray rain cloud.

Dictionary definition

NIMBUS, noun. A dark grey cloud bearing rain.
NIMBUS, noun. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne