limning

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noun

A depiction.

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delineationdepictionline drawing
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of limn
nounlimning (plural limnings)

plural limnings

  1. A depiction.

    In the limnings, or miniatures, painted by the court artist Lavina Teerlinc she resembles her lovely grandmother, the King's late younger sister, Mary Tudor, the French Queen.

    2009, Leanda de Lisle, The Sisters Who Would Be Queen

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna drawing of the outlines of forms or objects

Similar
delineationdepictionline drawing
Broader
drawing
Also see
delineationdepictionline drawing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

limning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limning

MLA

“limning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limning. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “limning,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limning.

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