2. Verb. (past of limn) ¹
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Definition of Limned
1. limn [v] - See also: limn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limned
Literary usage of Limned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tecumseh, Or, The West Thirty Years Since: A Poem by George Hooker Colton (1842)
"... But who upon that summit high— So softly limned against the sky, That sheds
a purer azure there— A sunset cloud, a form of air, Waves them a green ..."
2. Somerset House Gazette, and Literary Museum; Or, Weekly Miscellany of Fine edited by William Henry Pyne (1824)
"Her address on this subject, when she was to be limned by Daniel Mytens, was
worthy of her sex. " I do not approve of shades in painting," said her Majesty. ..."
3. Festus, a Poem by Philip James Bailey (1847)
"... The gaunt and ghastly thing we bear about us And which we hate and fear to
look upon Is truth; in death's dark likeness limned—no more. SCENE—Anywhere. ..."
4. Festus, a Poem by Philip James Bailey (1847)
"... The gaunt and ghastly thing we bear about us And which we hate and fear to
look upon Is truth; in death's dark likeness limned—no more. SCENE—Anywhere. ..."
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