Admin: Week #11: Limn is open!
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sga_saturdayhey kids, here's this week's prompt!
limn
PRONUNCIATION:
(lim)
MEANING:
verb tr.:
1. To portray in words.
2. To draw or paint, especially in outline.
3. (obsolete) to illuminate (manuscripts).
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English lymne, variant of Middle English luminen to illuminate (manuscripts), aphetic variant of enlumine Middle French enluminer Latin inlūmināre to embellish, literally, light up; (gen. luminis) "radiant energy"; see illuminate.
I'm not going to mess this one up with suggestions. So many possibilities here. Have at it, folks!
limn
PRONUNCIATION:
(lim)
MEANING:
verb tr.:
1. To portray in words.
2. To draw or paint, especially in outline.
3. (obsolete) to illuminate (manuscripts).
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English lymne, variant of Middle English luminen to illuminate (manuscripts), aphetic variant of enlumine Middle French enluminer Latin inlūmināre to embellish, literally, light up; (gen. luminis) "radiant energy"; see illuminate.
I'm not going to mess this one up with suggestions. So many possibilities here. Have at it, folks!
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