Mĭ-nū'ti-ă or MĪ-NŪ'TI-Æ, n.

noun

(mī-nū'shĭ-a, 95), n.; pl. MĪ-NŪ'TI-Æ (mī-nū'shĭ-ē). [Lat., from minutus, small, minute, q. v.] A minute particular; smallest detail; — used chiefly in the plural.