Liminal
1 : of or relating to a sensory threshold
2
: barely perceptible
3
: of, relating to, or being an intermediate state, phase, or condition : in-between, transitional <in the liminal state between life and death — Deborah Jowitt>
Origin of LIMINAL
Latin limin-, limen threshold
First Known Use: 1884
And Wikipedia says:
"In anthropology, liminality (from the Latin word līmen, meaning "a threshold"[1]) is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of rituals, when participants no longer hold their pre-ritual status but have not yet begun the transition to the status they will hold when the ritual is complete. During a ritual's liminal stage, participants "stand at the threshold"[citation needed]between their previous way of structuring their identity, time, or community, and a new way, which the ritual establishes."
"In anthropology, liminality (from the Latin word līmen, meaning "a threshold"[1]) is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of rituals, when participants no longer hold their pre-ritual status but have not yet begun the transition to the status they will hold when the ritual is complete. During a ritual's liminal stage, participants "stand at the threshold"[citation needed]between their previous way of structuring their identity, time, or community, and a new way, which the ritual establishes."
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