minutia

/maɪ̯ˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

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noun

noun

"They spent all their time on minutiae, never making real progress."
"I think I can ſee the preciſe and diſtinguiſhing marks of national characters more in theſe nonſenſical minutiæ, than in the moſt important matters of ſtate ; where great men of all nations talk and ſtalk ſo much alike, that I would not give ninepence to chuſe amongſt them."

Borrowed from Latin minutia, from minūtus (“small, little”), from minuō (“make smaller”). By surface analysis, minute + -ia.

minutiae (plural) minutiæ (obsolete, plural)

minutiose

minutiae

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How do you pronounce minutia?

The recorded pronunciation is /maɪ̯ˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/.

What does minutia mean?

A minor detail, often of negligible importance.

Where does minutia come from?

Borrowed from Latin minutia, from minūtus (“small, little”), from minuō (“make smaller”). By surface analysis, minute + -ia.

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