limning Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
    depiction; line drawing; delineation.
  2. verb trace the shape of
    delineate; limn; outline.
  3. verb make a portrait of
    portray; depict; limn.
    • Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba

WordNet


Lim"ning noun
Definitions
  1. The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced.
    Adorned with illumination which we now call limning. Wood.

Webster 1913