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‖ minutia|mɪˈnjuːʃɪə| Pl. minutiæ |-ɪiː|. Also 8 pl. minutias; erron. 8–9 pl. minutia, sing. minutiæ. [a. L. minūtia smallness, pl. minūtiæ trifles, f. minūtus minute a.] A precise detail; a small or trivial matter or object. Usually pl. In Chesterfield's Letters the French minutie frequently occurs as synonymous with minutia.
1751Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 52, I should hope that all the minutiæ of his idle hours might be entirely excluded. 1759Johnson Idler No. 47 ⁋12 He..often declares himself weary of attending to the minutiæ of a shop. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. xxvii. 446 No exceptions to formal minutiæ in the pleadings will be here allowed. 1782E. N. Blower Geo. Bateman I. 106 On the observance of some little minutias, no small share of the beauty..depended. 1796Burney Mem. Metastasio II. 270 Descending to the minutia of all the events and occasions which may be imagined. 1797A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl (1813) II. 217 Strict attention to every minutiæ of her domestic arrangement. 1804E. de Acton Tale without Title II. 208 She..determined..to unfold every minutiae of her former circumstances. 1804tr. Piguenard's Zoflora I. 4 Those minutia concerning him, which may even have the appearance of puerility. 1849J. Pardoe Francis I, xiv. 343 They were arranged with a punctilious minutia. 1882W. Ballantine Exper. II. 191 The minutiæ were very exact and carefully executed. |