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minutia (noun) – Usually minutiae. precise details; small or trifling matters.

Source : The Free Dictionary

Etymology : Minutia was borrowed into English in the 18th century from the Latin plural noun minutiae, meaning “trifles” or “details,” and derived from the singular noun minutia, meaning “smallness.” In English, minutia is most often used in the plural as either minutiae (pronounced \muh-NOO-shee-ee) or, on occasion, as simply minutia. The Latin minutia, incidentally, comes from minutus, an adjective meaning “small” that was created from the verb minuere, meaning “to lessen.” A familiar descendant of minutus is minute.

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