minutia

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minutia

/maɪ̯ˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/
/məˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/

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

noun minutiae · minutiæ

A minor detail, often of negligible importance. They spent all their time on minutiae, never making real progress.
Any of the point features on fingerprints used for matching, usually endings and bifurcations of ridges.

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noun minor detail

Español	mezquindad, minucia
日本語	枝葉末節 siyōmassetsu
Français	petit détail
Deutsch	Detail, Einzelheit, winziges Detail, Kleinigkeit, Nebensächlichkeit
עברית	פרטי פרטים pirtéy pratím

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@misc{minutia_2026,
  title = {minutia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/minutia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}