aureoled

English

Etymology

aureole +‎ -ed

Adjective

aureoled (not comparable)

  1. Surrounded by a corona or halo.
    • 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.
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