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Barely perceptible
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liminal
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1884, from Latin limen "threshold, cross-piece, sill" (see limit (n.)) + -al (1). Related: Liminality .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Liminal is an English adjective, "on the threshold," from Latin limen, plural limina, "threshold." Liminality is the abstract noun formed from liminal. They may mean:
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to a threshold or entrance. 2 Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process; inceptive; inchoative; marginal.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
liminal \liminal\ adj. of or pertaining to a limen, especially a sensory threshhold. See liminality . marginally perceptible.
Usage examples of liminal.
And knows that this stranger may now inhabit the most liminal place of all, poised perhaps on the brink of nonexistence, or about to enter some existence unimagined.
Yes, there was hope—for Audrey, for everyone—and transitions and liminal states were but transitions and liminal states.
After the slow, chaotic collapse of form, there was a brief moment when the thing in the cocoon was poised in a liminal state.
After the slow, chaotic collapse of form, there was a brief moment when the thing in the cocoon was poised in a liminal state.
The Guardians of the Corpse Ways, like jackals cleansing the tombs of undeserving carrion, are protectors of the liminal zone at the boundaries of the two worlds.
Saul and King Rat moved like liminal figures, hovering between evolutionary strata, bestial and knowing.