Defn: Migniard. [Obs.]
MINIARDIZE
Min"iard*ize, v. t.
Defn: To render delicate or dainty. [Obs.] Howell.
MINIATE
Min"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Miniated; p. pr. & vb. n. Miniating.]
Etym: [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See Minium.]
Defn: To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript. T. Wharton.
MINIATE
Min"i*ate, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.
MINIATURE Min"i*a*ture, n. Etym: [It. miniatura, fr. L. miniare. See Miniate, v.,Minium.]
1. Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediæval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting, especially a portrait.
2. Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.