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minutia

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

minutia(n = noun.cognition) Array - a small or minor detail; "he had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code"

minutia, n. [L., fr. minutus small, minute. See 4th Minute.].

A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly in the plural. [1913 Webster]

minutia, n. (pl. -iae) (usu. in pl.) a precise, trivial, or minor detail.

Etymology

L, = smallness, in pl. trifles f. minutus: see MINUTE(2)

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