A glowing light that circles something, like the moon or a person's head is a halo. Painters of religious art often put a halo around the heads of angels and saints.
A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.
Noun
an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
Noun
a circle of light around the sun or moon
Noun
a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"
n.
A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the
sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light
through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there
are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same
atmospheric conditions.
n.
A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in
painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a
glory; a nimbus.
n.
An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of,
an object.
n.
A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.
v. t. & i.
To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with,
or as with, a halo.
Halo
Halo
The fire That haloed round his saintly brow.
A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.
To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.
Usage Examples
Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.
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Other Usage ExamplesWhen you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks.