🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

minuzia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: minuzia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Minutia/mɪˈnuː.ʃə/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Conosceva ogni singola minuzia del piano."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A small, precise, or trivial detail.

    "She spent hours obsessing over every minutia of the event planning."
  2. 2

    The minute details or particulars of something.

    "He got bogged down in the minutiae of the contract rather than focusing on the main agreement."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin plural noun minutiae, meaning smallness or trifles, originating from the Latin adjective minutus meaning diminished, small, or petty. Entering English in the 17th century, it retained its association with extremely small, precise, or trivial details.

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