What does "halo" mean?
Halo: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.
- 3.A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.
- 4.To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo. The fire That haloed round his saintly brow. Sothey.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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