All 4 Uses of
aura
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- The essence escapes but its aura remains.†
p. 100.8 *
- Until we reached the pond the pain was my world, an aura that haloed me for three feet around.†
p. 186.8
- They strutted with an aura of invincibility, and along with some of the Mexican students who put knives in their tall pompadours they absolutely intimidated the white girls and those Black and Mexican students who had no shield of fearlessness.†
p. 214.4
- They shield themselves with an aura of unavailableness (for which after a time they begin to take credit) largely as a defense tactic.†
p. 280.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(aura) a distinctive but invisible quality or feeling that seems to surround a person, place, or thing
or:
a glowing light said to surround a person’s body or head, especially in spiritual or artistic depictions -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In medicine, an "aura" can reference a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.