miniature

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
  2. noun a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
  3. adjective being on a very small scale

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

illumination

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