miniature

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Greatly diminished size or form

   Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

2. 2

   A small version of something

   A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.

   • 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.
3. 3

   A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.

   • The miniature was a picture of Leo's Greek mother - a lovely, dark-eyed creature.
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   1. 4

      The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.

   2. 5

      An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.

   3. 6

      A musical composition which is short in duration.

      • Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.
   4. 7

      A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.

   5. 8

      A token in a game representing a unit or character.

      • Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.
   6. 9

      Lettering in red

      Lettering in red; rubric distinction.

   7. 10

      A particular feature or trait.

      • There's no miniature / In her fair face, but is a copious theme / Which would, discoursed at large of, make a volume.
   8. 11

      Smaller than normal.

      • I find miniature dogs annoying; they seem to yap more than full-size dogs.
   9. 12

      To make smaller than normal

      To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.

      • If it be ever so little removed, or seen thro’ the miniaturing End of the Perspective Glass, it either wholly escapes their Sight, or appears to them a mere Minutity.
      • The smile of the babe was in my eye, and in my heart. I saw miniatur’d forth, the features of the murdered Edward.

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