limner

[ lim-ner ]

/ ˈlɪm nər /

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noun

a person who paints or draws.

an itinerant painter of 18th-century America who usually had little formal training.

a person who describes or depicts in words: an essayist known as a fine limner of prominent people and their careers.

an illuminator of medieval manuscripts.

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Origin of limner

1350–1400; Middle English lymnour, lymynour;see limn, -or², -er¹

Words nearby limner

limit-state design, limit switch, limivorous, limmer, limn, limner, limnetic, limnology, limnophilous, Límnos, limo

How to use limner in a sentence

"Do you know, I can never get over the idea that 'limner' is something immoral—indecent," said Val.
The Open Question|Elizabeth Robins
"In truth is it," said that good and learned Italian father who had brought the limner from Pisa.
A Legend of Reading Abbey|Charles MacFarlane
Such a story of details is the filling up of a scant outline with the colors of an unfaithful limner.
Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery|Justin Winsor
"That is Wat the limner," quoth the landlady, sitting down beside Alleyne, and pointing with the ladle to the sleeping man.
The White Company|Arthur Conan Doyle

No limner's hand ever drew a more faithful picture than the one I have of her even now engraved on the tablet of my heart.
Constance Sherwood|Lady Georgiana Fullerton