Associations to the word «Limn»
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Wiktionary
LIMN, verb. (transitive) To draw or paint; delineate.
LIMN, verb. (transitive) To describe.
LIMN, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript.
Dictionary definition
LIMN, verb. Trace the shape of.
LIMN, verb. Make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.