au·ra
Audio Help [awr-uh] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [awr-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural au·ras or, for 3, au·rae
Audio Help [awr-ee] Pronunciation Key.
Audio Help [awr-ee] Pronunciation Key. | 1. | a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere: an aura of respectability; an aura of friendliness. |
| 2. | a subtly pervasive quality or atmosphere seen as emanating from a person, place, or thing. |
| 3. | Pathology. a sensation, as of lights or a current of warm or cold air, preceding an attack of migraine or epilepsy. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L < Gk: breath (of air)
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Aurae
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n. pl. au·ras or au·rae (ôr'ē)
[Middle English, gentle breeze, from Latin, from Greek aurā, breath; see wer-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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