miniateEtymologyPartly 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).miniate means of or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.adjOf or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.verbTo 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.”