limn

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[edit] Etymology

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limn (third-person singular simple present limns, present participle limning, simple past and past participle limned)

  1. (transitive) To draw or paint; delineate.
  2. (transitive) To describe.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript.

[edit] Usage notes

  • Particularly used in arts journalism; not understood by significant portion of American public.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ The Sun goes out on a limn with unusual headline: Unusual word in front-page headline leaves some readers scratching their heads, Jill Rosen, The Baltimore Sun, September 7, 2010
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