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minimus

minimus noun: a being of the smallest size.

Noun

minimus (plural minimi or minimuses)

  1. (obsolete) A being of the smallest size.
    • Get you gone, you dwarf;
      You minimus, of hindering knot-grass made;
      You bead, you acorn.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
  2. (dated) The youngest pupil in a school having a particular surname.
    • Jones Minimus wants to join the rowing team.
  3. The little finger or the little toe

minimus meaning in Bengali

minimus in Bengali

পায়ের কনিষ্ঠা আঙুল, হাতের কনিষ্ঠা

Forms of minimus

pluralminimi
pluralminimuses

Origin of minimus

From Latin minimus (“smallest”). See minim.

Phrases with minimus

Questions about minimus

What does minimus mean?
Minimus means a being of the smallest size.
What is minimus in Bengali?
Minimus in Bengali is পায়ের কনিষ্ঠা আঙুল, হাতের কনিষ্ঠা. See Minimus meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is minimus?
Minimus is a noun.
What is the plural of minimus?
The plural of minimus is minimi.

Words near minimus in the dictionary

  1. minimum-security
  2. minimum-wager
  3. minimum-wagers
  4. minimums
  5. minimumweight
  6. minimus
  7. minimuses
  8. minimuseum
  9. minimuseums
  10. minimusical
  11. minimusicals

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: minimus (page history and authors); minimus (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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