See Also: limn(dictionary)

limn (iou)



limn verb. Now literary. LME.
[Alt. of LUMINE.]
verb trans. & intrans. Illuminate (a manuscript etc.). Now rare. LME.
verb trans. Adorn or embellish with gold or bright colour; depict in gold etc. M16-M17.
verb trans. & intrans. Paint (a picture or portrait); portray (a subject); fig. depict, make visible. Formerly spec., paint in watercolour or distemper. L16.
H. Robbins Rocco's face was limned in the dim glow from the match. J. Strachey The image of the loosened rose-spray clearly limned in the rain pool.
verb trans. Portray or represent (esp. a person) in words. L16.
Publishers Weekly Virginia Woolf's sharp wit, which could limn Ottoline Morell perfectly.