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Limn vs Limy - What's the difference?

limn | limy |

As a verb limn

is to draw or paint; delineate.

As an adjective limy is

containing or resembling lime.

limn

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To draw or paint; delineate.
  • To describe.
  • (obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript.

    • Usage notes

    * Particularly used in arts journalism; not understood by significant portion of American public. The Sun goes out on a limn with unusual headline: Unusual word in front-page headline leaves some readers scratching their heads, Jill Rosen, The Baltimore Sun, September 7, 2010

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "limn")

    Derived terms

    * limner

    References

    limy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • 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.