aura: Meaning and Definition of
au•ra
Pronunciation: (ôr'u), [key] — pl. au•ras au•rae
- a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere: an aura of respectability; an aura of friendliness.
- a subtly pervasive quality or atmosphere seen as emanating from a person, place, or thing.
- a sensation, as of lights or a current of warm or cold air, preceding an attack of migraine or epilepsy.
Au•ra
Pronunciation: (ôr'u), [key] — n. Class. Myth.
- a companion of Artemis who bore twins to Dionysus. Zeus changed her into a spring because, in a fit of madness, she had killed one of her children.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.