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nimbus (n.)
1610s, "bright cloud surrounding a god," from Latin
nimbus
"cloud," perhaps related to
nebula
"cloud, mist" (see
nebula
). Meaning "halo" is first recorded c. 1730. Meteorological sense of "a rain cloud" is from 1803.
