minutia (noun)

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• minutia — noun (plural minutiae) Etymology: Latin minutiae trifles, details, from plural of minutia smallness, from minutus Date: 1782 a minute or minor detail usually used in plural …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• minutia — noun /maɪˈɲuː.ʃə/ A minor detail, often of negligible importance. They spent all their time on minutiae, never making real progress …   Wiktionary

• minutia — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Something or things that are unimportant: fiddle faddle, frippery, frivolity, froth, nonsense, small change, small potatoes, trifle, trivia, triviality. See IMPORTANT, SURFACE …   English dictionary for students

• minutia — /maɪˈnjuʃə / (say muy nyoohshuh), / tiə/ (say teeuh) noun (plural minutiae / ʃii/ (say sheeee), / tii/ (say teeee)) (usually plural) a small or trivial detail; a trifling circumstance or matter. {Latin: smallness} …  

• mince — I. verb (minced; mincing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French mincer, from Vulgar Latin *minutiare, from Latin minutia smallness more at minutia Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to cut or chop into very small pieces b. to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• minutiae — [mɪ nju:ʃɪi:, mʌɪ , ʃɪʌɪ] (also minutia ʃɪə) plural noun the small or precise details of something. Origin C18: L., lit. trifles , from minutia smallness , from minutus (see minute2) …   English new terms dictionary

• minutiae — (also minutia) ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ small or precise details. ORIGIN Latin, from minutia smallness …   English terms dictionary

• mince — verb 1》 [often as adjective minced] cut up or shred (meat) into very small pieces. 2》 walk in an affected manner with short, quick steps and swinging hips. noun chiefly Brit. minced meat. Phrases mince words (or one s words) [usu. with negative]… …   English new terms dictionary

• mince — ► VERB 1) cut up or shred (meat) into very small pieces. 2) walk in an affected manner with short, quick steps and swinging hips. ► NOUN chiefly Brit. ▪ minced meat. ● mince (one s) words Cf. ↑mince words …   English terms dictionary

• mincer — mince ► VERB 1) cut up or shred (meat) into very small pieces. 2) walk in an affected manner with short, quick steps and swinging hips. ► NOUN chiefly Brit. ▪ minced meat. ● mince (one s) words Cf. ↑mince words …   English terms dictionary

• mincing — mince ► VERB 1) cut up or shred (meat) into very small pieces. 2) walk in an affected manner with short, quick steps and swinging hips. ► NOUN chiefly Brit. ▪ minced meat. ● mince (one s) words Cf. ↑mince words …   English terms dictionary