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miniate

miniate adjective: of or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.

Adjective

miniate (comparative more miniate, superlative most miniate)

  1. Of or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.

Verb

miniate (third-person singular simple present miniates, present participle miniating, simple past and past participle miniated)

  1. To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion, or with red letters, as in a manuscript.
    • At Trinity college in Cambridge is a Psalter in Latin and Saxon, admirably written, and illuminated with letters in gold, silver, miniated, &c.1774, Thomas Warton, The History of English Poetry

Forms of miniate

Adjective
comparativemore miniate
superlativemost miniate
Verb
third-person singular presentminiates
present participleminiating
past participleminiated
pastminiated

Origin of miniate

Partly borrowed from Latin miniātus (adjective), partly from miniātus, perfect passive participle of miniō (“to cover with vermilion”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about miniate

What does miniate mean?
Miniate means of or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.
What part of speech is miniate?
Miniate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near miniate in the dictionary

  1. miniantibodies
  2. miniantibody
  3. Miniard
  4. miniarray
  5. miniarrays
  6. miniate
  7. miniated
  8. miniates
  9. miniating
  10. miniation
  11. miniator

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