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Nimbus

PRONUNCIATION: (NIM-buhs) plural: nimbi or nimbuses http://wordsmith.org/words/nimbus.mp3 MEANING: (noun) 1. (Meteorology) A rain cloud. 2. (Fine Arts) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a … Continue reading

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