different between limn vs limy

English

Etymology

From Middle English limnen, limyne, lymm, lymn, lymne (“to illuminate (a manuscript)”), a variant of luminen (“to illuminate (a manuscript)”), short form of enluminen (“to shed light on, illuminate; to enlighten; to make bright or clear; to give colour to; to illuminate (a manuscript); to depict, describe; to adorn or embellish with figures of speech or poetry; to make famous, glorious, or illustrious”), from Old French enluminer (“to brighten, light up; to give colour to; to illuminate (a manuscript)”), from Latin ill?min? (“to brighten, light up; to adorn; to make conspicuous”), from il- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’)) + l?min? (“to brighten, illuminate; to reveal”) (from l?men (“light; (poetic) brightness”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine; to see”)) + -? (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)).

Alternative forms

• limne (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: l?m, IPA^(key): /l?m/
• Rhymes: -?m
• Homophones: lim, limb

Verb

limn (third-person singular simple present limns, present participle limning, simple past and past participle limned)

1. (transitive, also figuratively) To draw or paint; to delineate.

   Synonym: depict
2. (transitive, obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour.

   Synonym: (to illuminate (a manuscript)) enlimn

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English

Etymology

lime +? -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??.mi/
• Rhymes: -a?mi
• Homophone: limey

Adjective

limy (comparative limier, superlative limiest)

1. containing or resembling lime
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 6:

     Limy muds accumulated there as sediments, and entombed the remains of the animals living on the sea-floor.

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