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miniature
Part of speech: NounA very small painting, especially a portrait on ivory, etc.
Part of speech: AdjectiveDone on a very small scale; very tiny; minute.
Usage examples "miniature":- There was the miniature of Lola on the dead man. - "The Grell Mystery", Frank Froest.
- The early English poets were rather partial to the introduction of miniature- pictures of the Golden Age on similar occasions to the present. - "Lucasta", Richard Lovelace.
- He opened the case in an absent- minded way, and what was his surprise to find a miniature portrait of Madam de Coursy painted on the interior of the case? - "Abbé Aubain and Mosaics", Prosper Mérimée.