Definitions
being on a very small scale
Word origin
Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead, minium”). Not related to minimum, minor or min (which are all from a different root, *mi-n-), though the sense development may have been influenced by association with them or sound symbolism.
Used in a sentence
“There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantelpiece.”
“The twelve days from Christmas to Epiphany are conceived as a miniature of the whole year, the character of each particular day answering to the character of a particular month.”
“The miniature was a picture of Leo's Greek mother - a lovely, dark-eyed creature.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Tiny model”9 letters
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