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miniare
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miniàre (first-person singular present mìnio, first-person singular past historic miniài, past participle miniàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, historical) to illuminate (a manuscript) in red
- (transitive) to paint, decorate or illuminate in miniature
- 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Verso nona”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 76:
- Con lui non mi intrattenevo sovente. Passava il tempo a miniare.
- I didn't spend much time with him. He spent his time decorating [manuscripts].
- (transitive, uncommon) to paint (one's face, lips, cheeks) in red
- (transitive, figurative) to depict finely, to detail with exactness
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- miniare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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