minimus
a creature or being that is the smallest or least significant.
Anatomy. the little finger or toe.
Origin of minimus
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How to use minimus in a sentence
The best in the opinion of Pascoli, was that in the gallery de' Minimi; and he left many also in the palaces of the nobility.
The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 2 (of 6) | Luigi Antonio LanziSmall bronze coins, known as minimi, have been recently found at St. Albans, and are now in the city museum.
Hertfordshire | Herbert W TompkinsErrores quam minimi non sunt contemnendi, says Isaac: meaning in figures, not in orthography.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) | Augustus de Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for minimus
/ (ˈmɪnɪməs) /
(immediately postpositive) British the youngest: sometimes used after the surname of a schoolboy having elder brothers at the same school: Hunt minimus
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