Definition of "limen" [limen]

• The threshold of a physiological or psychological response. (noun)

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• "Although I'm very grateful for your teaching me the word limen anyway."
• "The copyeditor, or Crowley himself, whoever it was that failed to get "limen" into the final print run, can be punished later."
• "Just a thought: The word 'limen' is often associated these days with margins 'liminality' is frequently defined as a state of existence 'in the margins', and medieval manuscripts were illuminated, or limned, in the margins of the page."