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limn
verb (used with object)
to portray in words; describe.
More about limn
Limn is not a misspelling of another word. It comes from the late Middle English verb lymne(n) (also limnen, liminen, limpnen, luminen) 鈥渢o illuminate (a book, manuscript, or rubric),鈥� a shortening of enlumine, from the Old French verb enluminer. Enluminer comes from Latin 颈濒濒奴尘颈苍腻谤别 or 颈苍濒奴尘颈苍腻谤别 鈥渢o give light to, brighten, illuminate.鈥� The root of the Latin verb is the noun 濒奴尘别苍 (inflectional stem 濒奴尘颈苍-) 鈥渓ight, radiance, rays of light,鈥� from an unrecorded louksmen. Louksmen is derived from the common Proto-Indo-European root leuk-, louk-, luk– 鈥渨hite, bright,鈥� which is also the source of Latin 濒奴虫 (stem 濒奴肠-) 鈥渁 light,鈥� 濒奴苍补 鈥渕oon (from 濒辞耻办蝉苍腻, which is also the source of Russian 濒耻苍谩 鈥渕oon鈥�), Greek 濒别耻办贸蝉 鈥渨hite, bright,鈥� 补尘辫丑颈濒媒办脓 鈥渢wilight,鈥� and Old English 濒脓辞丑迟, 濒墨丑迟 (English light). Limn entered English in the first half of the 15th century.
how is limn used?
What we do as writers, paradoxically, is attempt at one and the same time to summon up the whole of experience, to limn the world at full tilt, and to render some small portion of this world with such specificity that, walking past, the reader feels the grit of it catching in the soles of shoes.
The creators of the blog Tom and Lorenzo limn the reality show 鈥淩uPaul鈥檚 Drag Race鈥� as a window into gay culture and history.
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vicarious
adjective
felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others: a vicarious thrill.
More about vicarious
The adjective vicarious comes from the Latin adjective and noun 惫颈肠腻谤颈耻蝉 鈥渟ubstituting, taking the place of another; one who takes over for or from another, a replacement or successor.” 痴颈肠腻谤颈耻蝉 is formed from the noun vicis (a genitive singular鈥攖he nominative singular does not occur) 鈥渁 recurring occasion, a turn; an interchange or alternation,鈥� and the adjective suffix –腻谤颈耻蝉, completely naturalized in English as –ary. 痴颈肠腻谤颈耻蝉 regularly becomes vicaire, vicar(e) in Old French, and vicar(e), vicair(e) in Middle English, with many meanings, including 鈥渙ne delegated with apostolic authority, such as a priest or the pope; a priest appointed to a parish in place of the regular priest or parson.” Vicarious entered English in the 17th century.
how is vicarious used?
Laying a sleeping bag on the hard metal floor of a rail car as it rumbles down the tracks is not for those accustomed to creature comforts. Yet his photographs of this life-on-the-edge experience illicit a vicarious thrill.
Track and field are some of the most exciting events in the Olympic Games, but after the weeks of hype, the events themselves are so short … that it seems like they’re over before a casual fan has time to get a vicarious adrenaline rush.
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jubilee
noun
the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, especially the fiftieth (golden jubilee).
More about jubilee
Jubilee comes from Middle English jubilee, jeubile, from Old French jubilee, 箩耻产颈濒茅, from Late Latin (annus) 箩奴产颈濒补别耻蝉 鈥�(year) of jubilee,鈥� from the Greek adjective 颈艒产脓濒补卯辞蝉, from the noun 颈峁揵脓濒辞蝉 鈥渏ubilee,鈥� from the Hebrew noun 测艒产丑脓濒 鈥渞am’s horn, jubilee.鈥� The change of the expected Latin spelling 箩艒产脓濒补别耻蝉 to 箩奴产颈濒补别耻蝉 is due to the Latin verb 箩奴产颈濒腻谤别 鈥渢o shout for joy.鈥� Jubilee first appears in John Wycliffe鈥檚 translation of the Bible in 1382.
how is jubilee used?
Few British monarchs have reached the 50-year milestone. King George III and Queen Victoria marked their golden jubilees with huge celebrations.
To mark our silver jubilee, we look back at some of the biggest, brightest moments of the past 9,131 days.
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