The word miniature is about size, and specifically, small size. But its Latin ancestor concerned not size, but color. In the era before the invention of the printing press, anything printed was printed by hand: someone pressed a pigmented point to a surface and left marks.
MINIATURE definition: a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale. See examples of miniature used in a sentence.
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MINIATURE definition: 1. used to describe something that is a very small copy of an object: 2. a very small painting…. Learn more.
in miniature, of a reduced size; on a small scale: a terrarium resembling a jungle in miniature.
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Miniature definition: A copy or model that represents or reproduces something in a greatly reduced size.
There are 18 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word miniature, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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miniature: A copy or model that represents or reproduces something in a greatly reduced size.
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