Limn
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /lɪm/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Limn is a verb meaning (transitive, also figuratively) To draw or paint; to delineate.
Meaning
(transitive, also figuratively) To draw or paint; to delineate.
More Meanings
- (transitive, obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour.
Example Sentences
Thou limnest well, / Were I to paint, I should shew you happy.
This cupboard, Holy of Holies, held the cloud / Of his soul writ and limned; […]
Who then to frail Mortality ſhall truſt, / But limns in Water, or but writes in Duſt.
[S]he laughs—in golden tones; she sleeps—like a fragrant lily; she dresses—limning her eyebrows like those of the silkworm moth.
Word Forms
- limns
- limning
- limned
- limne
Synonyms for limn
Depending on context, synonyms include depict, enlimn, delineate, outline, portray.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include portray, depict, outline, delineate, draw, describe.
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