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minutia

mi·nu·tia

UK/maɪ̯ˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/ US/məˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/ uncommon

noun

1.

a small or minor detail

  • “he had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code”

Origin

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

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