Limning

Synonyms for "limning" (87 found)

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Noun(5 words)

delineation depiction delineate depictdescriptive portrayal

alphabet apish art blueprint cameo catalog character characterization chart choreography demonstration details diagram

Strong matches (26)

drama echoic evocation exemplification figuration figurative graphic hieroglyphic iconography ideogram ideographic illustration illustrative image imagery imitative impression itemization letter logogram

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map mimetic

Noun(4 words)

drawingline drawinglinguistic delineationminiature

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schema score script specification syllabary symbol symbolizing typifying vignette vivid writing

Noun(12 words)

outline painting portrait portray portrayal render rendering represent sketch summarizeverbal depictionword painting

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artwork depict describe description drawing illustration outline portrayal render represent representationvisual artifact

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conceptual limningdescriptive sketchlandscapelandscape limningminiatureminiature portraitportraitportrait limningportrait miniaturerhetorical imagesceneschematic limningverbal portraitword painting

Collocations

10 entries

detailed limningfigurative limninglimning stylelimning techniqueliterary limningnarrative limningpictorial limningprecise limningstylized limningvisual limning

Inflections

3 entries

limned limnings limns

Derivations

2 entries

limn limner

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In the limnings, or miniatures, painted by the court artist Lavina Teerlinc she resembles her lovely grandmother, the King's late younger sister, Mary Tudor, the French Queen.

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