单词 | miniate |
释义 | miniateadj. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. = miniaceous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > bright red or scarlet scarletc1386 puniceousa1398 vermeilc1400 corala1522 Punic?1553 orient1578 vermilion1589 wax-red1593 cherry-red1594 Punical1606 coralline?1608 scarleted1641 coccineous1654 cinnabrianc1668 poppy-coloured1677 miniaceous1688 phoeniceous1688 cherry-coloured1695 coral-red1700 cardinal1755 cherried1762 ponceau1774 punicean1786 cinnabar1807 geraniumed1819 miniatous1826 cardinal scarlet1828 vermilion-coloured1835–6 geranium-coloured1836 pink1846 cardinal red1850 lobster-red1856 phoenicean1857 magenta1877 angered1878 scarlet-vermilion1882 tomato1889 camellia-red1890 miniate1891 nasturtium-red1896 sealing-wax1912 1653 T. Nicols Arcula Gemmea 14 White, black, blue or skie colour, yellow, red, miniatus color, or vermilion or fiery red. Almost all kinds of colours are caused by the various mixture of these colours.] 1891 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Miniate, coloured like red-lead; vermilion-coloured. 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 160/1 Miniate, the colour of red lead; more orange and duller than vermilion. 1906 J. B. Smith Explan. Terms Entomol. 85 Miniate,..of the colour of red lead (vermilion with a slight admixture of dragon's blood). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021). miniatev. transitive. To colour or paint with vermilion; to rubricate or (in extended use) to illuminate (a manuscript); (poetic) to impart a red colour or tinge to. Usually in past participle. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > decoration > decorate [verb (transitive)] > illuminate enluminec1366 lumine1387 limn14.. flourishc1440 enlimn1453 miniate1670 illuminate1706 miniature1716 illumine1717 alluminate1726 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > make red [verb (transitive)] > with dye, stain, or pigment purple?a1475 ruddle1538 bloody1590 sanguine1591 scutchanele1596 vermeil1596 vermilion1606 gule1609 incarnadinea1616 raddle1631 vermilion1656 bow-dyea1658 reddle1663 miniate1670 rud1680 tiver1792 red-ochre1805 roucou1817 vermilionize1854 red-lead1871 1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) Miniated, painted, or inlaid; as we read of Porcellane-dishes miniated with gold. a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. i. 30 Flowery parterres of roses, lilies, tulips..dressed, figured, fringed, folded, miniated and decked by the hand of Him who made the heavens. 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. p. v All the capitals in the body of the text are miniated with a pen. 1862 J. W. Burgon Lett. from Rome ii. 16 Vermilion is introduced abundantly. Thus, the first verse of St. John's gospel is miniated. 1974 V. Nabokov Look at Harlequins (1975) i. ii. 10 Dawn at last miniated my ancient map. 1983 G. Uden Understanding Book-collecting (BNC) 189 To ‘miniate’ originally meant to use minium or red lead..for rubrication or illumination. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1891v.1670 |
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