Liminal Definition

lĭmə-nəl
adjective
Of or at the limen, or threshold.
Webster's New World
At a boundary or transitional point between two conditions, stages in a process, ways of life, etc.
Webster's New World

Origin of Liminal

  • From Latin liminalis, from limen, "threshold", + -alis, adjective ending

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin līmen, līmin- threshold –al

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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