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Synonyms for miniature

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : min-ee-uh-cher, -choor, min-uh-cher
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪn i ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, ˈmɪn ə tʃər

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Définition of miniature

Origin :
  • 1580s, "a reduced image," from Italian miniatura "manuscript illumination or small picture," from past participle of miniare "to illuminate a manuscript," from Latin miniare "to paint red," from minium "red lead," used in ancient times to make red ink, a word said to be of Iberian origin. Sense development is because pictures in medieval manuscripts were small, but no doubt there was influence as well from the similar-sounding Latin words that express smallness: minor, minimus, minutus, etc.
  • adj tiny
  • noun tiny thing
Example sentences :
  • Can our sweet Sylph be going to heaven, to seek the original of the miniature?
  • Extract from : « Sylph Etherege » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • She took a miniature from his neck, and I drew his purse and watch from him and handed them to her.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Lucy Ann did her miniature cooking with great seriousness and care.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • I declined the tray; so he placed it on his own knees, to act as a miniature table.
  • Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
  • He was caught in the miniature rapid at the bottom of the pool.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • This miniature has given you some faint idea of his image, and yet this is only the copy of a copy.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • He destined this miniature for the Emperor of China or the Sultan.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
  • Carrie had loosened her dress, and as she did so, a miniature fell upon the bed.
  • Extract from : « The Elm Tree Tales » by F. Irene Burge Smith
  • Murgatroyd popped his head out of his miniature sleeping-cabin.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • Crossing his legs—his feet were like miniature trunks—he added, "How are you, anyway?"
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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