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   miniature

   /ˈmɪnɪtʃə/

   adjective

   • 1. very small of its kind: "children dressed as miniature adults"

   noun

   • 1. a thing that is much smaller than normal, especially a small replica or model: "seven full-size car bodies and three miniatures were used"
   • ▪ a very small bottle of spirits: "he drank miniatures of brandy on the flight"
   • ▪ a plant or animal that is a smaller version of an existing variety or breed: "miniatures for your rock garden"
   • ▪ a very small and highly detailed portrait or other painting: "an exhibition of one hundred pastels and miniatures"
   • ▪ a picture or decorated letter in an illuminated manuscript: "a catalogue devoted to cut-out miniatures from despoiled manuscripts"

   verb

   • 1. represent on a smaller scale: literary "she saw her own reflection miniatured"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Italian miniatura, via medieval Latin from Latin miniare ‘rubricate, illuminate’, from minium ‘red lead, vermilion’ (used to mark particular words in manuscripts).

   Scrabble Points: 11

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