Limning

limn  (lm)

tr.v. limned, limn·ing (lmnng), limns

1. To describe.

2. To depict by painting or drawing. See Synonyms at represent.

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[Middle English limnen, to illuminate (a manuscript), probably alteration (influenced by limnour, illustrator) of luminen, from Old French luminer, from Latin lminre, to illuminate, adorn, from lmen, lmin-, light; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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limner (lmnr) n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

limning - a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects line drawing, delineation, depiction animalization - a depiction in the form of an animal drawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures"