- Verb: Limn
- depict or describe in painting or words
- suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light
- Synonyms:
- delineate
- describe
- draw
- paint
- represent
- Usage:
- “…which a pawpaw grove can feel like, especially standing inside of it midday, when the light limns the big leaves like stained glass and suddenly you’re inside something ancient and protective.”
- Encountered:
- Reading the essay Pawpaw Grove in Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights: Essays
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I thought that was ‘if life hands you limns, make limnade”?