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    [Noun]  | "mi*nu*tia" | \ mə-ˈnü-sh(ē-)ə \


    1: a minute or minor detail —usually used in plural


    Origin: 1748 ;

     Latin minutiae trifles, details, from plural of minutia smallness, from minutus;

    [Noun]  | "minutiae" 


    1: small or minor details;


      * e.g., " ... the minutiae of daily life "



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     [ "minutiae" ]

    1: precise details; small or trifling matters

      * e.g.,  ... the minutiae of his craft.  


     [ "minutiae" ]

    2: small and often unimportant details

      * e.g.,  ... There must be some sort of award for avoiding minutiae 

     [ "minutia" ]

    1: Small and often insignificant, inane, banal, unecessary details or comments or just general stuff that get in the way getting to the point and getting things done.

      * e.g.,  ... I just wanted to hear how the date went but she went on with this minutia about the arch of his eyebrows. As if I care. 

     [ "The minutiae that ate my life." ]

    1: All of those little things - errands, forms, notes, crap - that seem to totally eat up your day. None of it is exciting and you can't quite believe that at the end of the day, you've nothing to show for it.

      * e.g.,  ... "What did you do today, honey?" 

     [ "Minutiae" ]

    1: An annoying journalist on NPR.

      * e.g.,  ... Oh look, Minutiae Zomorodi is on Radiolab again. Let’s kill ourselves. 

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