miniate

[ min-ee-eyt ]

verb (used with object)

, min·i·at·ed, min·i·at·ing.

1. to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.

Other Words From

• mini·ator noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of miniate¹

1650–60; < Medieval Latin miniātus rubricated, illuminated, Latin: colored red with cinnabar, equivalent to mini ( um ) minium + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The $191,000 book is "Storia naturale degli uccelli trattata con metodo e adornata di figure intagliate in rame e miniate al naturale. Ornithologia methodice digesta atque iconibus aeneis ad vivum illuminatis," a rare Italian illustrated book of birds published in 1765.

From Los Angeles Times