miniate

verb

1. To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion, or with red letters, as in a manuscript.

   At Trinity college in Cambridge is a Psalter in Latin and Saxon, admirably written, and illuminated with letters in gold, silver, miniated, &c.

Where it comes from

Partly borrowed from Latin miniātus (adjective), partly from miniātus, perfect passive participle of miniō (“to cover with vermilion”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry miniate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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