Miniate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Miniate is an adjective meaning Of or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.
Meaning
Of or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.
More Meanings
- To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion, or with red letters, as in a manuscript.
Example Sentences
At Trinity college in Cambridge is a Psalter in Latin and Saxon, admirably written, and illuminated with letters in gold, silver, miniated, &c.
Word Forms
- miniates
- miniating
- miniated
Synonyms for miniate
Depending on context, synonyms include rubricate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rubricate, vermeiled, vermilled, vermeilled, vinescent, incarmined.
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