gloriole

[ glawr-ee-ohl, glohr- ]

noun

1. a halo, nimbus, or aureole.

gloriole

/ ˈɡlɔːrɪˌəʊl /

noun

1. another name for a halo nimbus nimbus

Word History and Origins

Origin of gloriole¹

1805–15; < Latin glōriola, equivalent to glōri ( a ) glory + -ola -ole ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of gloriole¹

C19: from Latin glōriola, literally: a small glory

Example Sentences

I do not say this for my petite gloriole, but because it seems a part of my story to give the reader a measure of my juvenile ability.

From Project Gutenberg

There are two remarkable French words created by the Abb� de Saint Pierre, who passed his meritorious life in the contemplation of political morality and universal benevolence—bienfaisance and gloriole.

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It is terribly cold to be for the future labouring only for the gloriole, after flattering oneself for a while that one was working for the public weal.’

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One served to explain the virtue most familiar to him—bienfaisance; and that irritable vanity which magnifies its ephemeral fame, the sage reduced to a mortifying diminutive—la gloriole!

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As a gloriole sign o' grace,   Goldilocks, ah fall and flow, On the blooming, childlike face,   Dimple, dimple, come and go.

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