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minutious

minutious adjective: relating to minutiae or minor details.

Adjective

minutious (comparative more minutious, superlative most minutious)

  1. Relating to minutiae or minor details.
    • When they had given a new name they conceived of it as a new thing, and described the smallest parts with the most minutious exactness, […]1879, Samuel Butler, Evolution, Old and New, page 141

Forms of minutious

comparativemore minutious
superlativemost minutious

Words formed from minutious

Questions about minutious

What does minutious mean?
Minutious means relating to minutiae or minor details.
What part of speech is minutious?
Minutious is an adjective.

Words near minutious in the dictionary

  1. minutia
  2. minutiae
  3. minutial
  4. minuting
  5. minutiose
  6. minutious
  7. minutiously
  8. minutissimic
  9. minutiæ
  10. minverite
  11. Minworth

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