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Definition: Limner |
LimnerNoun1. A painter or drawer of portraits. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "limner" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Limner A drawer, a painter, an artist. A contraction of illuminator, or rather lumenier (one who illuminates manuscripts). "The limner, or illuminer ... throws us back on a time when the illumination of MSS, was a leading occupation of the painter."- Trench: On the Study of Words, lecture iv. p. 171. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: LimnerSynonyms: portrait painter (n), portraitist (n), portrayer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Artist | Noun: artist; painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver; master, old master; draftsman, draughtsman; copyist, dauber, hack; enamel, enameler, enamelist; caricaturist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Limner |
| English words defined with "limner": Alluminor. (references) |
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| "Limner" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Limner" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
limner | 9 |
gallery limner | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "limner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | portretist (portraitist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | художник (artist, craftsman, draftsman, draughtsman, painter), илюстратор. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | malíř (artist, painter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | piktor, illusztrátor, festőművész (artist, painter), festő (decorator, painter, tinctorial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imnerlay retratar (delineate, depict, depicture, paint, picture, portray, reflect, represent, retract), iluminador. (various references) портретист (portrait painter, portraitist), иллюстратор рукописи. (various references) slikar (artist, painter), minijaturista. (various references) ressam (artist, brush, illustrator, painter, paintress). (various references) hoạ sĩ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "limner": limners. (additional references) | |
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"Limner" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bluemner, Lehner, Lehnert, Lemmer, Lenzner, Liener, Limer, limine, liminii, Limnaea, limnen, limni, limnic, limnorid, lymenner, Lymnaea, Lympne. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "limner" (pronounced 'Lim"ner'): Almner, banner, Beginner, Centner, Compartner, Condemner, Contemner, Copartner, Finner, Forerunner, Gerner, grinner, gunner, inner, manner, Marcobrunner, Moner, Outrunner, Overrunner, Penner, Piecener, PLANNER, Punner, Renner, Runer, runner, scrivener, Skinner, Softner, Somner, spanner, spinner, Strengthner, stunner, Sumner, thinner, tinner, Twinner, Vanner, Vintner, Whinner, Winner, Zehner. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: merlin. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-m-n-r" | |
-1 letter: limen, liner, miler, miner. | |
-2 letters: emir, lien, lier, lime, limn, line, lire, merl, mien, mile, mine, mire, rein, riel, rile, rime. | |
-3 letters: elm, ern, ire, lei, lie, lin, mel, men, mil, mir, nil, nim, rei, rem, rim, rin. | |
-4 letters: el, em, en, er, in, li, me, mi, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-m-n-r" | |
+1 letter: gremlin, kremlin, limners, manlier, marline, merlins, mineral, mingler, nimbler. | |
+2 letters: bromelin, germinal, gremlins, inflamer, kremlins, lemurine, maligner, malinger, marlines, milliner, minerals, minglers, minstrel, misenrol, mislearn, relumine, reluming, rifleman, riflemen, terminal, tramline, unlimber. | |
+3 letters: almonries, animalier, bromelain, bromelins, greenmail, implanter, inflamers, intermale, lamebrain, limbering, liveryman, liverymen, lumbering, luminaire, madrilene, maligners, malingers, marveling, millenary, milliners, millinery, minelayer, minstrels, misenroll, misenrols, mislearns, mislearnt, moldering, morseling, normalise, normalize, numerical, pimpernel, prolamine, refilming, reimplant, relumined, relumines, remailing, remelting, remindful, remolding, semilunar, terminals, tillerman, tillermen, tormentil, trameling, tramlines, trembling, unlimbers, unmanlier, vermilion, womanlier. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 6D 6E 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .. -- -. . .-. |
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