adj.
- found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers.
(Also: lacustral)
[“Here is The Logic I Have Maintained in Observing My Home” — Emilie Menzel]
Lexicon
lam·bent | \ ˈlam-bənt \
1: playing lightly on or over a surface : FLICKERING
2: softly bright or radiant
3: marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression
noun
1. (North American) a short piece of decorative drapery hung over the top of a door or window or draped from a shelf or mantelpiece.
2. a piece of cloth covering the back of a medieval knight’s helmet, represented in heraldry as the mantling.
noun
- a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy: she was overcome by lassitude and retired to bed
[The Prelude — William Wordsworth]
n.
- A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.
[J.R.R. Tolkien — The Two Towers]
n.
- Sleight of hand; a deceptive performance or trick which depends on dexterity of hand; fallacious adroitness, trickery, or deception generally.
[Moby-Dick; or, The Whale — Herman Melville]
limned; limning\ ˈli-miŋ , ˈlim-niŋ \
1: to draw or paint on a surfaceThe artist limned a portrait.
2: to outline in clear sharp detail : DELINEATE he was limned by a streetlight— Stephen Coonts
3: DESCRIBE the novel limns the frontier life of the settlers
noun (Scottish archaic)
- a waterfall
- the pool below a waterfall
- a steep precipice
[“The Island” — Lord Byron]