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dwarfish
English
Etymology
dwarf +? -ish
Adjective
dwarfish (comparative more dwarfish, superlative most dwarfish)
- Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene 2, [1]
- […] now does he feel his title / Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe / Upon a dwarfish thief.
- 1757, Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, Section XXIV, in The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, London: John C. Nimmo, 1887, Volume I, p. 242, [2]
- Besides the extraordinary great in every species, the opposite to this, the dwarfish and diminutive, ought to be considered. Littleness, merely as such, has nothing contrary to the idea of beauty.
- 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Gold-Bug" [3]
- The vegetation, as might be supposed, is scant, or at least dwarfish.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene 2, [1]
- Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
- Dwarfish axes are some of the finest weapons available.
Translations
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miniature
English
Wikiquote
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin mini? (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?n(?)?t??(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?n(i)?t???/, /?m?n(i)?t????/
Noun
miniature (plural miniatures)
- Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
- A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
- A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
- The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
- An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
- A musical composition which is short in duration.
- (chess) A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
- (role-playing games, board games) A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
- A particular feature or trait.
Derived terms
- miniaturist
- mini-
- mini
Translations
Adjective
miniature (comparative more miniature, superlative most miniature)
- Smaller than normal.
Derived terms
- miniature poodle
- miniaturism
Translations
Verb
miniature (third-person singular simple present miniatures, present participle miniaturing, simple past and past participle miniatured)
- (transitive) To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian miniatura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.nja.ty?/
Noun
miniature f (plural miniatures)
- miniature
- (computing) thumbnail (a miniature preview of a larger image)
Synonyms
- (thumbnail): vignette, aperçu
Further reading
- “miniature” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
miniature f
- plural of miniatura
Anagrams
- minuteria
- ruminiate
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