minutia

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/maɪ̯ˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/

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/maɪ̯ˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/ · /məˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/

Definition of minutia

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A minor detail, often of negligible importance.

“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.”

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noun

A minor detail, often of negligible importance.

“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.”
Any of the point features on fingerprints used for matching, usually endings and bifurcations of ridges.

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

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