† miniminessn.

Forms: 1600s miniminesse.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: Latin minimus , -i- connective, -ness suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin minimus smallest (see minimum n. and adj.) + -i- connective + -ness suffix.The reference in the quot. 1615 is to Matthew 5:2 Et tu Bethlehem, terra Juda, nequaquam minima es in principibus Juda (Vulgate), ‘And thou Bethlehem in the land of Iuda, art not the least among the Princes of Iuda’ (King James Bible).

Obsolete.

The condition of being very small or insignificant.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1615 L. Andrewes 96 Serm.: Nativity (1629) x. 87 But these, though they agree well, yet none of them, so well, as this, that it [sc. Bethlehem] was minima: the very miniminesse (as I may say) of it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	miniminess
释义	† miniminessn. Forms: 1600s miniminesse. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: Latin minimus , -i- connective, -ness suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin minimus smallest (see minimum n. and adj.) + -i- connective + -ness suffix.The reference in the quot. 1615 is to Matthew 5:2 Et tu Bethlehem, terra Juda, nequaquam minima es in principibus Juda (Vulgate), ‘And thou Bethlehem in the land of Iuda, art not the least among the Princes of Iuda’ (King James Bible). Obsolete. The condition of being very small or insignificant.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1615 L. Andrewes 96 Serm.: Nativity (1629) x. 87 But these, though they agree well, yet none of them, so well, as this, that it [sc. Bethlehem] was minima: the very miniminesse (as I may say) of it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1615
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