Definitions

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  • adjective described or represented in a lifelike manner
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of limn.

Etymologies

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limn +‎ -ed

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Examples

  • I think your use of the word "limned" is profound.

    Some old lover's ghost Arbogast 2009

  • No more can Mr. George Sandys, who came to Virginia in the train of Governor Wyat, in 1621, and completed his excellent metrical translation of Ovid on the banks of the James, in the midst of the Indian massacre of 1622, "limned" as he writes "by that imperfect light which was snatched from the hours of night and repose, having wars and tumults to bring it to light instead of the muses."

    Initial Studies in American Letters 1886

  • No more can Mr. George Sandys, who came to Virginia in the train of Governor Wyat, in 1621, and completed his excellent metrical translation of Ovid on the banks of the James, in the midst of the Indian massacre of 1622, "limned" as he writes "by that imperfect light which was snatched from the hours of night and repose, having wars and tumults to bring it to light instead of the muses."

    Brief History of English and American Literature 1886

  • The film limned his fitness regime, work ethic, first marriages, and the tragic overdose of his daughter Catya.

    Regina Weinreich: Vidal Sassoon: The Movie on a Bad Hair Night Regina Weinreich 2011

  • The film limned his fitness regime, work ethic, first marriages, and the tragic overdose of his daughter Catya.

    Regina Weinreich: Vidal Sassoon: The Movie on a Bad Hair Night Regina Weinreich 2011

  • Through months of campaigning and 18 debates, the Republican presidential candidates have limned a range of issues -- from taxation and corporate personhood to abortion and gay marriage, even open marriage.

    Annette Fuentes: Where's Education in the Republican Candidates' Slugfest? Annette Fuentes 2012

  • Through months of campaigning and 18 debates, the Republican presidential candidates have limned a range of issues -- from taxation and corporate personhood to abortion and gay marriage, even open marriage.

    Annette Fuentes: Where's Education in the Republican Candidates' Slugfest? Annette Fuentes 2012

  • "I am grateful for the compliment," she said; and in those long gray eyes of hers were limned and coloured all the satisfaction, and self-certitude and answering complacency of power that constitute so large a part of the seductive mystery and mastery that is possessed by woman.

    CHAPTER XIX 2010

  • The film limned his fitness regime, work ethic, first marriages, and the tragic overdose of his daughter Catya.

    Regina Weinreich: Vidal Sassoon: The Movie on a Bad Hair Night Regina Weinreich 2011

  • The film limned his fitness regime, work ethic, first marriages, and the tragic overdose of his daughter Catya.

    Regina Weinreich: Vidal Sassoon: The Movie on a Bad Hair Night Regina Weinreich 2011

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