AURA

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, puff of air, breeze, from Greek; probably akin to Greek aēr air Date: 1694 1. a subtle sensory stimulus (as an aroma), a distinctive atmosphere surrounding a given source , a luminous radiation ; nimbus , a subjective sensation (as of lights) experienced before an attack of some disorders (as epilepsy or a migraine), an energy field that is held to emanate from a living being