Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An illuminator of manuscripts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
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- noun obsolete An
illuminator ofmanuscripts andbooks ; alimner .
Etymologies
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Old French alumineor, from Latin ad + liminare. See luminate.
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_alluminor_, the root of our English word _limner_, and of the French word _enlumineur_, one who colours or paints upon paper or parchment, giving light and ornament to letters and figures.
hernesheir commented on the word alluminor
A.k.a. limner.
January 30, 2010