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单词 minutary
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minutaryadj.1

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin minūtus , -ary suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin minūtus minute adj. + -ary suffix1. Compare earlier minute adj.
Obsolete. rare.
Very small; belonging to a small scale of measurement.
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1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. xxvii. 569 One cubit is generally taken for sixe of our common cubits, or for three hundred minutary cubits [L. Apud geometras..vel in sex cubitos vnus deputatur, si generaliter, vel trecentos, si minutatim dicatur].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

minutaryadj.2

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: minute n.1, -ary suffix1.
Etymology: < minute n.1 + -ary suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
Consisting of minutes (of time).
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the world > time > period > minute > [adjective]
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1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. Ded. No mortal man can assign, the minutary juncture of Time, when preparing grace..ended, and saving grace..did first begin.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Berks. 95 This their Clock gathering up the least Crume of Time, presenting the Minutary fractions thereof.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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