Limn Definition
lĭm
limned, limning, limns
verb
limned, limning, limns
To describe or depict by painting or drawing.
American Heritage
To paint or draw.
Webster's New World
To portray in words; describe.
Webster's New World
To illuminate (manuscripts)
Webster's New World
To outline or highlight.
Webster's New World
prefix
Alternative form of limno-.
Wiktionary
Origin of Limn
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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 lūmināre to illuminate, adorn from lūmen lūmin- light leuk- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English luminem, limnen (“to illuminate (a manuscript)"), from Middle French enluminer, from Latin illÅ«minō (“I illuminate") (English illuminate), in + lÅ«minō (“light up"), from lÅ«men (“light"), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (English leam (“glow")).
From Wiktionary
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