aureoled

English

Etymology

aureole +‎ -ed

Adjective

aureoled (not comparable)

1. Surrounded by a corona or halo.
   • 1923, Elizabeth Bowen, “Encounters”, in Sunday Evening, page 176:

     Laura May and Mrs. McKenna sat on the low window seat, faintly aureoled, their empty cups beside them on the floor.

   • 1977, Richard Sennett, The fall of public man, page 167:

     At night they were aureoled by oil lamps and gaslights; during the day they lay in semi-darkness.

   • 1996, Mary Johnston, Cease Firing, page 134:

     The lover's passion was yet upon them; each to the other was plainly aureoled.