† miniminessn.
Obsolete.
The condition of being very small or insignificant.Apparently an isolated use.
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1615 L. Andrewes 96 Serm.: Nativity (1629) x. 87 But these, though they agree well, yet none of them, so well, as this, that it [sc. Bethlehem] was minima: the very miniminesse (as I may say) of it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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n.1615- to give one fifteen, etc, and a bisque
- to give one furiously to think
- to give one his kale through the reek
- to give one his own or his due
- to give one one's revenge
- to give one revenge
- to hit cross one over the thumbs
- to hit for six
- to hit for the cycle
- to hit home
- to hit in
- to hit in the eye
- to hit in the eyes
- to hit in the teeth with
- to hit it
- to hit it off
- to hit it on the button
- to hit it right on the button
- to hit off
- to hit off a fault
- to hit off the line
- to hit on
- to hit on all cylinders
- to hit on etc cylinders
- to hit on four cylinders