NIMBUS


Meaning of NIMBUS in English

n. (pl. nimbi or nimbuses) 1 a a bright cloud or halo investing a deity or person or thing. b the halo of a saint etc. 2 Meteorol. a rain-cloud. nimbused adj.

[ L, = cloud, aureole ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.