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dislimned

dislimned is the simple past and past participle of dislimn.

Meaning of dislimn

Verb

dislimn (third-person singular simple present dislimns, present participle dislimning, simple past and past participle dislimned)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To remove the outlines of; to efface.
    • That which is now a horse, even with a thought / The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct, / As water is in water.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

Adjective

dislimned (comparative more dislimned, superlative most dislimned)

  1. Deprived of an outline; made indistinct, hazy.
    • the scent dried away like water, dislimned like a far-off small thing when the tears of effort drown it.1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber, published 2005, page 42

Forms of dislimned

comparativemore dislimned
superlativemost dislimned

Questions about dislimned

What does dislimned mean?
Dislimned means deprived of an outline; made indistinct, hazy.
What is dislimned the simple past and past participle of?
Dislimned is the simple past and past participle of dislimn.
What part of speech is dislimned?
Dislimned is an adjective.

Words near dislimned in the dictionary

  1. dislimb
  2. dislimbed
  3. dislimbing
  4. dislimbs
  5. dislimn
  6. dislimned
  7. dislimning
  8. dislimns
  9. dislink
  10. dislinked
  11. dislinking

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