–noun.
1. a ring of light around the sun, moon, or other shining body. It is caused by the refraction of light through ice crystals suspended in the air.
2. a golden circle or disk of light represented about the head of a saint or angel, especially in pictures or statutes; nimbus; aureole.
3. Figurative. the glory or glamour that surrounds a person or thing: »
A halo of romantic adventure surrounds King Arthur and his knights. My head was in the clouds, I…fancied it already encircled by a halo of literary glory (Washington Irving).
SYNONYM(S): aura.4. a sphere of stars, dark matter, or other material surrounding a galaxy.
–transitive verb.
to surround with a halo.
–intransitive verb.
to form a halo.
╂[< Latin halōs < Greek hálōs a halo, disk; (originally) threshing floor (from the circular path of the oxen)]
–ha´lo|like´, adjective.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.