English Explanatory Dictionary

minutia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A minor detail, often of negligible importance.
  2. Any of the point features on fingerprints used for matching, usually endings and bifurcations of ridges.

Pronunciation

/maɪ̯ˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/ /məˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-minutia.wav

Word forms

minutia minutiae minutiæ

Etymology

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

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