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minutiae

/mɪˈnuʃiə/

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What does minutiae mean?

noun

  1. plural of minutia

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IPA pronunciation

/mɪˈnuʃiə/

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We had leisure to notice minutiae, such as the ingenious tail one of the “lions” had constructed from a sweater.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe Land of FootprintsProject Gutenberg ebook #1378
Indeed, without this tireless minutiae, and methodical, searching spirit, it would have been practically impossible to have produced many of the most important of these inventions.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
More book examples (3)
There were a few mothers whose actions I had the patience to watch, despite the wearisome minutiae of the rearing and the slowness of the result.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the SpiderTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #1887
It might be said, "Why do you go into particulars? why dwell so much upon minutiae? Every one, without being told, knows how to wash himself!"
Pye Henry ChavasseAdvice to a Mother on the Management of Her ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #6595
Day in and day out these minutiae were rehearsed.
Frank NorrisMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProject Gutenberg ebook #165