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词汇 gloriole
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Definition of gloriole in English:

gloriole

noun ˈɡlɔːrɪəʊl
literary

  • A halo or aureole.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The hand of history that occasionally grips the Prime Minister's shoulder disturbs a countenance effusive with passion, belief and vision, and knocks askance a golden gloriole of goodness.
    • He is, as he so loves to be, correct - but not in any sense which would make his golden gloriole radiate with greater magnificence.
    • In fact, isn't the irony of this that the cult of life is elevating its gloriole in a society whose cultural output makes a fetish of death?
    • In June 1963 he hit twenty at the top of his gloriole, and with a river of money billowing in, allowing him to buy a spread outside Paris.

Origin

Mid 19th century: French, from Latin gloriola, diminutive of gloria 'glory'.

Rhymes

aureole, oriole
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