Aura Definition
ôrə
aurae, auras
noun
auras
An invisible emanation or field of energy believed to radiate from a person or object.
American Heritage
An invisible emanation or vapor, as the aroma of flowers.
Webster's New World
A distinctive but intangible quality that seems to surround a person or thing; an atmosphere.
An aura of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters.
American Heritage
A particular atmosphere or quality that seems to arise from and surround a person or thing.
Enveloped in an aura of grandeur.
Webster's New World
A field of energy thought by some to emanate from all things in nature and to be visible to certain persons with psychic powers.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A female given name shortened from Aurelia.
Wiktionary
Origin of Aura
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From Latin aura (“a breeze, a breath of air, the air”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aura, “breeze, soft wind”), from ἀήρ (aēr, “air”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English gentle breeze from Latin from Greek aurā breath wer-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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