limn

Betekenis (English)

1. To draw or paint; to delineate.
2. (obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour.

Concepten

aflijnen

schilderen

tekenen

uittekenen

Synonyms

depict

delineate

portray

picture

draw

outline

paint

describe

put on

qualify

represent

shoot

show

apply

skeletonize

cartoon

color

colour

film

📽️

illustrate

inscribe

profile

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/lɪm/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: limnen

In summary

From Middle English limnen, limyne, lymm, lymn, lymne (“to illuminate (a manuscript)”), a variant of luminen (“to illuminate (a manuscript)”), short form of enluminen (“to shed light on, illuminate; to enlighten; to make bright or clear; to give colour to; to illuminate (a manuscript); to depict, describe; to adorn or embellish with figures of speech or poetry; to make famous, glorious, or illustrious”), from Old French enluminer (“to brighten, light up; to give colour to; to illuminate (a manuscript)”), from Latin illūminō (“to brighten, light up; to adorn; to make conspicuous”), from il- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’)) + lūminō (“to brighten, illuminate; to reveal”) (from lūmen (“light; (poetic) brightness”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine; to see”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)).