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minutiae

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mi⋅nu⋅ti⋅a

[mi-noo-shee-uh, -shuh, -nyoo-]
–noun, plural -ti⋅ae [-shee-ee] .
Usually, minutiae. precise details; small or trifling matters: the minutiae of his craft.

Origin:
1745–55; < L minūtia smallness, equiv. to minūt(us) minute 2 + -ia -ia


mi⋅nu⋅ti⋅al, adjective
mi·nu·ti·a   (mĭ-nōō'shē-ə, -shə, -nyōō'-)   
n.   pl. mi·nu·ti·ae (-shē-ē')
A small or trivial detail: "the minutiae of experimental and mathematical procedure" (Frederick Turner).

[From Late Latin minūtiae, petty details, from Latin minūtia, smallness, from minūtus, small; see minute2.]
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