minutia

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  1. noun A small or trivial detail: "the minutiae of experimental and mathematical procedure” (Frederick Turner).

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  • I omitted not the least minutia, and was surprised that in these matters I should know without ever having learned. —  AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MADAME GUYON
  • People in groups generally don't care about the minutia in each other's lives (do you care that someone in your group went buy groceries?). —  Blah, Blah! Technology
  • Not Quite is both a moving peek at the minutia of humanity and the most literary toilet reading you'll ever find. —  SMITH Magazine Superfeed
  • Having all of your declarations on one line effectively kills any method of tracking minutia changes. —  Netvouz - new bookmarks
  • No one is sure of the minutia, but we all know the outcome. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
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  1. From Late Latin minūtiae, petty details, from Latin minūtia, smallness, from minūtus, small; see minute2.

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  1. = French minutie — Spanish Portuguese minucia = Italian minuzia, from Latin minutia, smallness, plural minutiæ, small matters, trifles, from minutus, small: see minute, a.
 

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