minutia
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minutia
1751, pl. minutiæ, from L. minutia "smallness" (pl. minutiæ, in L.L. "trifles"), from minutus "small" (see minute (adj.)).
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Minutia
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Example sentences
As such, high earners are much more motivated to wade through the minutia to find tax breaks that help bring the tax burden down.
It is satisfied with merely examining the minutia of each crisis in particular.
It is easy to get lost in the legalistic and political minutia of a law against aggression.
In fact, aside from those actually engaged in the traffic, but few persons know anything of its magnitude or minutia.
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