Definition of Minutiae

1. Noun. (irregular plural of minutia#English minutia) ¹

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Definition of Minutiae

1. minutia [n] - See also: minutia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Minutiae

minute repeater
minute steak
minute volume
minuted
minutely
minuteman
minutemen
minuteness
minutenesses
minuter
minutes
minutes of angle
minuteslong
minutest
minutia
minutiae (current term)
minutial
minuting
minutiæ
minx
minxes
minxish
minxlike
miny
minyan
minyanim
minyans
minyulite
mio-

Literary usage of Minutiae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slavery in South Carolina and the Ex-slaves, Or, The Port Royal Mission by Austa Malinda French (1862)
"To drive on in all the minutiae of house labor—to compel care, in unwilling, grudging, revengeful hearts,—and revenge in some, has rankled desperately, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... further into tie minutiae of the system ; enough has been said to show tlic principle on which it is formed. It is obvious tint litre would be no ..."

3. The Theory of Toleration Under the Later Stuarts by Alexander Adam Seaton (1911)
"... and because absorption in a new interest is calculated to produce an indifference to theological minutiae,which, though it may not be an exalted reason, ..."

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