minimusn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪnᵻməs/, U.S.

/ˈmɪnəməs/

Inflections: Plural minimi Brit.

/ˈmɪnᵻmʌɪ/,

/ˈmɪnᵻmiː/, U.S.

/ˈmɪnəmaɪ/,

/ˈmɪnəmi/.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin minimus.

Etymology: < classical Latin minimus smallest, least, youngest (see minimum n. and adj.). In sense A. 3 after classical Latin digitus minimus little finger. With sense A. 2 compare French minimi (1877 denoting poor imitations of Roman coins struck after the fall of the Roman Empire in the West).

A. n.

†1. A very small or insignificant creature. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person

dwarfeOE

congeonc1230

go-by-ground?a1300

smalla1300

shrimpc1386

griga1400

gruba1400

murche1440

nirvil1440

mitinga1450

witherling1528

wretchocka1529

elf1530

hop-o'-my-thumb1530

pygmy1533

little person1538

manikin1540

mankin1552

dandiprat1556

yrle1568

grundy1570

Jack Sprat1570

squall1570

manling1573

Tom Thumb1579

pinka1585

squib1586

screaling1594

giant-dwarf1598

twattle1598

agate1600

minimus1600

cock sparrow1602

dapperling1611

modicum1611

scrub1611

sesquipedalian1615

dwarflinga1618

wretchcock1641

homuncio1643

whip-handle1653

homuncule1656

whippersnapper1674

chitterling1675

sprite1684

carliea1689

urling1691

wirling1691

dwarf man1699

poppet1699

durgan1706

short-arse1706

tomtit1706

Lilliputian1726

wallydraigle1736

midge1757

minikin1761

squeeze-crab1785

minimum1796

niff-naff1808

titman1818

teetotum1822

squita1825

cradden1825

nyaff1825

weed1825

pinkeen1850

fingerling1864

Lilliput1867

thumbling1867

midget1869

inch1884

shorty1888

titch1888

skimpling1890

stub1890

scrap1898

pygmoid1922

lofty1933

peewee1935

smidgen1952

pint-size1954

pint-sized1973

munchkin1974

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 330 Get you gon, you dwarfe; You minimus .

1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie I. xx. 273 An evil cloud of anger at the presumption of the unknown minimus [sc. a ‘tiny ragged urchin’] began to gather.

1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie III. v. 83 Mr. Sclater beheld only the minimus which the reversed telescope of his own enlarged importance..made of him.

2. Numismatics. = minim n.¹ 7.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman

pennyOE

quadrant1533

as1541

sesterce1541

sestertius1567

dupondius1601

quinare1601

quinarius1601

sextant1601

triens1601

trient1601

assarion1625

quadrans1654

quinary1728

nummus1771

follis1784

uncia1834

minimus1852

semis1853

siliqua1889

minim1896

1852 T. Wright Celt, Roman, & Saxon xiv. 430 On many Roman sites..are found very small coins in brass... These coins from their diminutive size, are termed by numismatists minimi, and are supposed to have been struck during the period between the abandonment of the island by the imperial government and the establishment of the Saxon kingdoms.

1956 Speculum 31 80 In 498 the emperor Anastasius..took the simple but revolutionary step of putting out instead of these worthless minimi, well-made coins of varying sizes.

1962 C. R. Josset Money in Brit. i. 7 An attempt to overcome the shortage was made by a local production of crude bronze coins which are known as ‘minimi’ because of their smallness.

3. Anatomy and Zoology. The smallest finger or toe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > little finger

ear-fingerOE

least fingerOE

little fingerOE

little manc1300

pinkie1808

minimus1881

auricular-

1881 St. G. Mivart Cat iv. 99 The fifth [toe, or digit, of the forepaw] is the minimus, or little digit.

1891 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Minimus, the fifth or smallest digit of the hand or foot.

1904 F. P. Foster Appleton's Med. Dict. 1365 Minimus, the least..the fifth, or outermost, digit of the hand or foot.

1964 T. J. Parker & W. A. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. (ed. 7) II. 101 The fifth digit of each limb is the minimus.

†4. Medicine. [Short for scientific Latin lupus minimus, used in this sense by Duncan.] A form of chronic ulcerative disease of the vulva that is of limited extent (not identified). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > lupus

noli me tangerea1398

touch-me-notc1450

wolf1559

lupus1583

lupus erythematosus1852

lupus vulgaris1852

butterfly lupus1879

minimus1886

SLE1958

1886 J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Women (ed. 3) xxii. 197 But there are other cases where, without inflammation, and generally in minimus cases, the sensitiveness is extreme.

B. adj.

In certain British boys' public schools (used as postmodifier): designating the youngest or (occasionally) the newest of several pupils with the same surname. Also in extended use. Abbreviated min. or mini. Cf. minor adj. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > junior person > [noun]

youngestOE

youngerOE

juniora1530

young blood1557

puny1567

puisne1592

kid1690

minimus1848

baby1854

minor1864

1755 (title) The modern justice, in imitation of the man of taste. By Scriblerus Minimus.

1791 in Eton School Lists (1863) Langford mi[nor]..Langford min[imus].

1808 List of Eton Coll. Cookson mi[nor]..Cookson mini[mus].]

1848 C. Rowcroft in New Monthly Mag. Feb. 211 The boys at Eton are not known by their Christian names, and when there are more than one bearing the same surname,..the individuals are distinguished by the addition of maximus, major, minor, and minimus.

1860 Littell's Living Age 14 Apr. 69/1 ‘Jonson minimus’ conned his horn-book and traced pothooks and hangers in a schoolroom annexed to the church of St. Martins-in-the-Fields.

1899 E. Phillpotts Human Boy 101 Corkey minimus.

1987 Times (Nexis) 14 May 40/1 It was a toss up yesterday as to whether Cowdrey, minor or minimus should be presented with the gold award.

2000 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 1 Oct. This was Blair Minimus, the sneak of the Lower Third, getting up a scrum behind the bicycle shed to tell a dirty joke.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	minimus
释义	minimusn.adj. Brit. /ˈmɪnᵻməs/, U.S. /ˈmɪnəməs/ Inflections: Plural minimi Brit. /ˈmɪnᵻmʌɪ/, /ˈmɪnᵻmiː/, U.S. /ˈmɪnəmaɪ/, /ˈmɪnəmi/. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin minimus. Etymology: < classical Latin minimus smallest, least, youngest (see minimum n. and adj.). In sense A. 3 after classical Latin digitus minimus little finger. With sense A. 2 compare French minimi (1877 denoting poor imitations of Roman coins struck after the fall of the Roman Empire in the West). A. n. †1. A very small or insignificant creature. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person dwarfeOE congeonc1230 go-by-ground?a1300 smalla1300 shrimpc1386 griga1400 gruba1400 murche1440 nirvil1440 mitinga1450 witherling1528 wretchocka1529 elf1530 hop-o'-my-thumb1530 pygmy1533 little person1538 manikin1540 mankin1552 dandiprat1556 yrle1568 grundy1570 Jack Sprat1570 squall1570 manling1573 Tom Thumb1579 pinka1585 squib1586 screaling1594 giant-dwarf1598 twattle1598 agate1600 minimus1600 cock sparrow1602 dapperling1611 modicum1611 scrub1611 sesquipedalian1615 dwarflinga1618 wretchcock1641 homuncio1643 whip-handle1653 homuncule1656 whippersnapper1674 chitterling1675 sprite1684 carliea1689 urling1691 wirling1691 dwarf man1699 poppet1699 durgan1706 short-arse1706 tomtit1706 Lilliputian1726 wallydraigle1736 midge1757 minikin1761 squeeze-crab1785 minimum1796 niff-naff1808 titman1818 teetotum1822 squita1825 cradden1825 nyaff1825 weed1825 pinkeen1850 fingerling1864 Lilliput1867 thumbling1867 midget1869 inch1884 shorty1888 titch1888 skimpling1890 stub1890 scrap1898 pygmoid1922 lofty1933 peewee1935 smidgen1952 pint-size1954 pint-sized1973 munchkin1974 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 330 Get you gon, you dwarfe; You minimus . View more context for this quotation 1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie I. xx. 273 An evil cloud of anger at the presumption of the unknown minimus [sc. a ‘tiny ragged urchin’] began to gather. 1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie III. v. 83 Mr. Sclater beheld only the minimus which the reversed telescope of his own enlarged importance..made of him. 2. Numismatics. = minim n.¹ 7. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman pennyOE quadrant1533 as1541 sesterce1541 sestertius1567 dupondius1601 quinare1601 quinarius1601 sextant1601 triens1601 trient1601 assarion1625 quadrans1654 quinary1728 nummus1771 follis1784 uncia1834 minimus1852 semis1853 siliqua1889 minim1896 1852 T. Wright Celt, Roman, & Saxon xiv. 430 On many Roman sites..are found very small coins in brass... These coins from their diminutive size, are termed by numismatists minimi, and are supposed to have been struck during the period between the abandonment of the island by the imperial government and the establishment of the Saxon kingdoms. 1956 Speculum 31 80 In 498 the emperor Anastasius..took the simple but revolutionary step of putting out instead of these worthless minimi, well-made coins of varying sizes. 1962 C. R. Josset Money in Brit. i. 7 An attempt to overcome the shortage was made by a local production of crude bronze coins which are known as ‘minimi’ because of their smallness. 3. Anatomy and Zoology. The smallest finger or toe. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > little finger ear-fingerOE least fingerOE little fingerOE little manc1300 pinkie1808 minimus1881 auricular- 1881 St. G. Mivart Cat iv. 99 The fifth [toe, or digit, of the forepaw] is the minimus, or little digit. 1891 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Minimus, the fifth or smallest digit of the hand or foot. 1904 F. P. Foster Appleton's Med. Dict. 1365 Minimus, the least..the fifth, or outermost, digit of the hand or foot. 1964 T. J. Parker & W. A. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. (ed. 7) II. 101 The fifth digit of each limb is the minimus. †4. Medicine. [Short for scientific Latin lupus minimus, used in this sense by Duncan.] A form of chronic ulcerative disease of the vulva that is of limited extent (not identified). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > lupus noli me tangerea1398 touch-me-notc1450 wolf1559 lupus1583 lupus erythematosus1852 lupus vulgaris1852 butterfly lupus1879 minimus1886 SLE1958 1886 J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Women (ed. 3) xxii. 197 But there are other cases where, without inflammation, and generally in minimus cases, the sensitiveness is extreme. B. adj. In certain British boys' public schools (used as postmodifier): designating the youngest or (occasionally) the newest of several pupils with the same surname. Also in extended use. Abbreviated min. or mini. Cf. minor adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > junior person > [noun] youngestOE youngerOE youngerOE juniora1530 young blood1557 puny1567 puisne1592 kid1690 minimus1848 baby1854 minor1864 1755 (title) The modern justice, in imitation of the man of taste. By Scriblerus Minimus. 1791 in Eton School Lists (1863) Langford mi[nor]..Langford min[imus]. 1808 List of Eton Coll. Cookson mi[nor]..Cookson mini[mus].] 1848 C. Rowcroft in New Monthly Mag. Feb. 211 The boys at Eton are not known by their Christian names, and when there are more than one bearing the same surname,..the individuals are distinguished by the addition of maximus, major, minor, and minimus. 1860 Littell's Living Age 14 Apr. 69/1 ‘Jonson minimus’ conned his horn-book and traced pothooks and hangers in a schoolroom annexed to the church of St. Martins-in-the-Fields. 1899 E. Phillpotts Human Boy 101 Corkey minimus. 1987 Times (Nexis) 14 May 40/1 It was a toss up yesterday as to whether Cowdrey, minor or minimus should be presented with the gold award. 2000 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 1 Oct. This was Blair Minimus, the sneak of the Lower Third, getting up a scrum behind the bicycle shed to tell a dirty joke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1600
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