miniature
Use Miniature in a sentence
i noun
1.
a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
2.
a greatly reduced or abridged form or copy.
3.
a very small painting, especially a portrait, on ivory, vellum, or the like.
4.
the art of executing such a painting.
5.
an illumination in an illuminated manuscript or book.
adjective
6.
being, on, or represented on a small scale; reduced.
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7.
in miniature, in a reduced size; on a small scale: The zoo exhibition offered a jungle in miniature.
Origin:
1580–90; < Italian miniatura miniature painting < Medieval Latin miniātūra, equivalent to miniāt(us) (see miniate) + -ūra -ure; sense development perhaps influenced by Latin base min- (see mini-, minor)
1580–90; < Italian miniatura miniature painting < Medieval Latin miniātūra, equivalent to miniāt(us) (see miniate) + -ūra -ure; sense development perhaps influenced by Latin base min- (see mini-, minor)
Related forms
su·per·min·i·a·ture, adjective
Synonyms
6. minute, microscopic, diminutive, tiny, minuscule.
6. minute, microscopic, diminutive, tiny, minuscule.
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miniature (ˈmɪnɪtʃə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a model, copy, or similar representation on a very small scale |
| 2. | anything that is very small of its kind |
| 3. | a very small painting, esp a portrait, showing fine detail on ivory or vellum |
| 4. | a very small bottle of whisky or other spirits, which can hold 50 millilitres |
| 5. | an illuminated letter or other decoration in a manuscript |
| 6. | in miniature on a small scale: games are real life in miniature |
| —adj | |
| 7. | greatly reduced in size |
| 8. | on a small scale; minute |
| [C16: from Italian, from Medieval Latin miniātūra, from miniāre to paint red, (in illuminating manuscripts); from | |
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Word Origin & History
miniature
1586 (n.) "a reduced image," from It. miniatura "manuscript illumination or small picture," from pp. of miniare "to illuminate a manuscript," from L. miniare "to paint red," from minium "red lead," used in ancient times to make red ink. Extended sense of "small" (adj.) is first attested 1714, because
pictures in medieval manuscripts were small, infl. by L. min-, root expressing smallness (minor, minimus, minutus, etc.).
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Example sentences
It is a thing unto itself: an imposing miniature and a miracle of proportion.
Then she added a pot that contains an agave that duplicates, in miniature, the larger plant in the garden.
From high above, the jutting contours of its deck map the outlines of a miniature continent.
And miniature circuses complete with tiny hoops for tinier elephants.
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