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liminal

liminal \liminal\ adj.

  1. of or pertaining to a limen, especially a sensory threshhold. See liminality.

  2. marginally perceptible.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
liminal

1884, from Latin limen "threshold, cross-piece, sill" (see limit (n.)) + -al (1). Related: Liminality.

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liminal

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.

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Liminal

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:

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.