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minuten.1 Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin minūtum, minūtus; French minute; Latin minuta. Etymology: In branch I. < classical Latin minūtum (in post-classical Latin also minuta ) small object, insignificant thing, in post-classical Latin also small coin, mite (Vulgate), small fry (a1188 in a British source), type of musical note (14th cent. in a British source), uses as noun of neuter and feminine respectively of classical Latin minūtus minute adj.; compare also Anglo-Norman minut small, fine grain, and minute mite, half-farthing (14th cent.). In branches II. and III. < Middle French, French minute (1392 in Middle French in sense 6 (late 13th cent. in Old French in form minuce in one isolated attestation); 1636 in sense 5 (1377 in Middle French in one isolated attestation); 1691 in sense 7; late 14th cent. in senses 8a, 8b), and its etymon post-classical Latin minuta (with variant minutum) sixtieth part of a degree (4th cent.), sixtieth or larger part of an hour (see note below), rough draft (from early 15th cent. in British sources). Compare Middle Dutch menute, minute, minuut (Dutch minuut), Middle Low German minute, Middle High German minute, German Minute.Senses at branch II. arise ultimately from the use of post-classical Latin minutum, minuta, minutia to denote the sixtieth part of a unit in the system of sexagesimal fractions used by ancient and medieval mathematicians (compare prime n.2 2a, second n.1). The system originated in Babylonian mathematics and astronomy, and was adopted by Greek-speaking scientists such as Ptolemy (c a.d. 150), and then by Latin speakers. St Augustine refers to minuta and to minutae minutarum ‘minutes of minutes’, i.e. seconds (see sense 5) as terms in use by mathematici . Despite its currency as the name of a sexagesimal division in geometry, the first systems of time-reckoning in which minutum was used were non-sexagesimal (compare atom n. 1, moment n. 2a, point n.1 6c). Although there was some variation in these systems, in Old English contexts, minutum usually meant one-tenth of an hour:OE On Length of Year (Titus) in H. Henel Stud. zum Altenglischen Computus (1934) 65 On anre æfenneahtlicre tide beoð feower punctas, ten minuta, fiftene partes, feowertig momenta, be sumra manna tale.OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. iii. 104 Minutum ys se teoðan dæl þære tide and ys gehaten minutum for þam lytlan fæce.OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. iii. 116 Soðlice þæt ger hæfð..minuta hundeahtatig þusend and seofon þusenda and syx hundred and syxtig. When Honorius Augustodunensis divided the hour into sixtieths in De Imagine mundi (early 12th cent.), he called the sixtieths ostenta . These sixtieths were sometimes called minuta by the end of the 12th cent. (e.g. in the chronicle of Robertus de Monte), although the word continued to be used of tenths of an hour at least into the 13th cent. Spanish minuto (c1440), Italian minuto (1561), Portuguese minuto (16th cent.) are all masculine, and must therefore originate in the neuter minutum ; French minute is feminine, and must originate in the feminine minuta . Until the 16th cent., the rarity of mechanical clocks meant that references to precise subdivisions of the hour such as the minute were most often made in theoretical and astronomical treatises; hence the late occurrence of some of the Romance forms. In sense 8 the primary notion seems to be that of a rough copy in small writing (post-classical Latin scriptura minuta ) as distinguished from the ‘engrossed’ formal document. Compare Italian minuta (14th cent.), Spanish minuta (1428), Portuguese minuta (16th cent.), all feminine. With sense 4 perhaps compare minnow n. Although one must assume that this word was originally borrowed into English with stress on the second syllable (as also supported by the evidence from Gil cited by E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §282 indicating a pronunciation of the vowel in the second syllable as /yː/ even as late as 1619), the multiplicity of forms in the second syllable suggests that a shift of primary stress to the first syllable must have occurred early in at least some varieties of English. This shift may have been encouraged by the contrast which it introduced with minute adj. I. Something small. society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum > coin as type of c1384 (Douce 369(2)) Mark xii. 42 Tweye mynutis [L. minuta]; that is, a ferthing. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) v. 68 (MED) Crist Iesus received with good chere Þe twey Mynutes ȝoue of herte entere By þe wydowe. 1542 T. Becon Ded. sig. B.jv Yet let vs wt the poore widowe of the Gospell at the leest gyue two minutes. 1589 J. Rider 947 A Minute or Q, which is halfe a farthing, minutum. †2. Music. society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > [noun] > minim c1475 (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) 2074 (MED) Whyche laarge, whyche long, whyche brefe, whyche semybrefe, Mynute, crochet, in rewle and eke in space, All thys she [sc. Dame Musica] taught. society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [noun] > other ornaments a1513 J. Irland (1965) II. 150 In the musik and play of a harp or lut ar mony diuers notis minvtis and stringis. the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > a detail or particular > minute a1450 (?1414) in V. O'Mara (2002) 100 I haue noght, says he, bot twa full lytyll minutys, my body and mi sawle. 1515 in J. B. Paul (1903) V. 14 For necessaris bocht be him in divers minutis fra the xxviij day of Julii to this day. a1628 F. Greville (1651) vii. 90 That Heroicall design..how exactly soever projected, and digested in every minute. a1628 F. Greville Alaham ii. Chorus in (1633) 39 When I propound in grosse, you minutes play. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. v. 138 in II Let me heare from thee euery minute of Newes. 1647 Bp. J. Taylor xvi. 213 And such are all the sects and all the pretences of Christians, but pieces and minutes of Christianity. 1654 Bp. J. Taylor 238 They have made it to be unintelligible, inexplicable, indefensible, in all their minuits and particularities. a1660 H. Hammond (1664) iii. 46 The last minute of my last particular. a1670 J. Hacket (1693) i. 95 Men that are sound in their Morals, and in Minutes imperfect in their Intellectuals, are best reclaimed when they are mignarized [sic], and strok'd gently. 1892 S. Hewett 101 'Er idden no bigger than a minnit. 1896 G. F. Northall 145 Mrs. Webb's baby is a little minute; I shouldn't think it'll live. a1903 H. Latham in (1903) IV. 121/1 [Yorkshire] Ay, poor little minnit, he's all skin an' grief. the world > animals > fish > [noun] > young > collective 1598 J. Florio All manner of minutes, frye, or small fishes. II. A sixtieth (or other definite part) of a unit. the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [noun] > degree > second the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measurement of other dimensions > [noun] > of angles > units of angular measurement the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [noun] > degree > minute c1392 24 (MED) In the same manere shal it be deuyded in mynutis, in degres, in nombres. a1450 ( G. Chaucer i. §8 12 These degres of signes ben everich of hem considered of 60 mynutes, and every mynute of 60 secundes. c1550 (1979) vi. 40 The circle artic is xxiij degreis xxx munitis fra the pole artic. 1603 G. Owen (1892) 1 Longitude 17 degrees, and 20 minuttes west. 1603 G. Owen (1892) 1 52 degrees which is 40 mynuttes higher then that of the Cittie of London. 1652 J. Gaule 68 Those numbers and minutes, yea numbers of numbers, and minutes of minutes (which Astrologicall Mathematicians pretend to work by). 1719 D. Defoe 28 In the Latitude of 27 Degrees 5 Minutes North. 1755 B. Martin i. x. 58 Each Degree is supposed to consist of 60 Minutes, thus marked (′). 1848 J. F. Cooper I. iii The difference in these two times..gives the distance in degrees and minutes, between the longitude of Greenwich and that of the place on the ocean where the observer is. 1862 A. D. Bache ii. 9 The scale divisions have been converted into minutes of arc. 1880 A. Geikie (new ed.) i. iv. 27 Paris is situated two degrees, twenty minutes, and nine seconds east from Greenwich. 1903 22 193 The rise is an elevation which rises gradually with an angle of only a few minutes of arc, irrespective of whether it is wide or narrow. 1972 M. Kline xvi. 336 A mistake of one minute of angle means an error of half a degree of longitude. 1993 Oct. 38/3 Its latitude is 41 degrees 56 minutes north, placing it on a line with, say, Istanbul. 6. the world > time > period > minute > [noun] a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iv. 241 (MED) For the lachesse Of half a Minut of an houre..He loste all that he hadde do. ?a1475 (Winch.) (1908) 289 Mynute of an howre, minuta. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour 6014 in (1931) I. 376 The small Minuth of one hour To thame salbe so gret dolour, Thay sall thynk thay haif done remane Ane thousand yeir in to that pane. 1598 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 779 Now at the latest minute of the houre, Graunt vs your loues. View more context for this quotation 1603 G. Owen (1892) i. 1 Our longest sommers daies must be of xvii houres and fortie three mynuttes longe. 1684 R. Waller tr. 9 From 35, to 50 Drops [of moist particles] have fallen in a Minute of an Hour. 1704 J. Swift v. 115 It will dilate it self about the Brain..in fourteen Minutes. 1788 (Royal Soc.) 78 271 Now, when the machine worked well, Mr. Gilpin supposes he got about two or three hundred sparks a minute. 1818 T. L. Peacock xv. 213 The hour-hand passed the VII.—the minute-hand moved on;—it was within three minutes of the appointed time. 1847 S. Rutledge ix. 139 Let it simmer for about one minute, stirring all the time. 1858 5 30 Flashing Light on Hogsten... It is Fixed, with a Flash once every three minutes. 1927 Summer 38 At five minutes to twelve, a warning rocket blazed into the sky from the sea-front. 1966 D. M. Dunlop & S. Alstead (ed. 10) 941 The action of all positive pressure respirators..is to produce inflation of the lungs at a rate of 14 to 20 cycles per minute. 1988 4 Apr. 32/3 As the minutes ticked by, she began to feel uneasy. the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vi. 2257 Every houre apointeth so That no mynut therof was lore. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. xi. 372 He miȝte amende in a Minute while [c1400 C text mynt-while] al þat mys standeth. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. xvii. 228 Ysekeles in eueses þorw hete of þe sonne Melteth in a mynut while [c1400 C text mynt-while] to myst and to watre. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) i. 2817 Þe cok..of þe tyme a mynute wil not passe To warnen hem..þat Of þe tydes and sesoun of þe nyȝt. 1430 Astron. Cal. in E. M. Thompson et al. (1913) 2nd Ser. I. Pl. 72b (MED) Þe laste chonge before was þe 9 day before 18 Mynutes before 9 of þe cloke. c1450 189 I myght not leve, nor endure On mynnate, bot I am sure The third day ryse shall hee. a1535 T. More (1553) i. sig. A.ii Neyther one fynger breadth of space, nor one minute of tyme from you. 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. ii. 118 Content with Hermia? No: I doe repent The tedious minutes, I with her haue spent. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. vi. 32 Wherefore a guard of chosen Shot I had, That walkt about me euery Minute while . View more context for this quotation 1669 J. Dryden iii. i. 36 All I desire of you is but harbour for a minute. 1697 W. Dampier iv. 80 I could not expect to find them at a minutes call. 1736 R. Ainsworth A minute [moment or instant], momentum, punctum temporis. 1795 tr. K. P. Moritz 93 Composing a sermon..should not thus have been put off to the last minute. 1800 C. Lamb Let. 5 Apr. in (1975) I. 192 I have barely time to finish, as I expect her & Robin every minute. 1818 M. W. Shelley I. vii. 170 The dæmon, who had (I did not for a minute doubt) murdered my brother. 1898 F. Montgomery 13 The train will be starting in a minute. 1910 ‘W. Lawton’ ii. 22 Wait a minute while I go to 'phone my resignation. a1911 D. G. Phillips (1917) I. iii. 46 He'd never think for a minute of marrying you. 1955 R. Macaulay (1962) 208 Having the two children made it fun; they loved every minute of it. 1966 P. Willmott ix. 170 He was alone, playing records... He said, ‘Just a minute, I'll turn this down.’ 1996 Dec. 79/2 I used to watch Gladiators..but I never dreamt for one minute I would actually become one. the world > time > particular time > [noun] 1607 T. Middleton iii. sig. F4v The Gentleman craues the furtherance of an houre, and it sorts well with our occasion at this time, hauing a little vrgent busines at Guildhall, at which minute weele returne. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. v. 1 The Windsor-bell hath stroke twelue: the Minute drawes-on. 1640 H. Glapthorne ii. sig. Di But at the minute, reason may dispense Twixt us with such a nicety. 1734 tr. P. L. M. de Maupertuis Diss. Cœlestial Bodies 15 in J. Keill (ed. 2) The Minute we recur to an Almighty Agent,..it should be said that such Laws imply a Contradiction. 1745 J. Swift 12 He but just that Minute stept out. 1799 C. Lamb Let. 20 Mar. in (1975) I. 165 My plan is but this minute come into my head. 1841 C. Dickens lxxvii. 389 It may possibly produce in this unhappy man a better frame of mind, even at this last minute. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ I. i. i. 12 I can't abide to see men throw away their tools i' that way, the minute the clock begins to strike. 1879 Dec. 99/1 I left him standing by his wretched home, with his poor little family around him, ready any minute to leave their land forever. 1908 E. M. Forster x. 173 Nonsense yourself! I've this minute seen him. 1925 W. Cather ii. i. 180 The minute a man got in from his run, he took a bath, put on citizen's clothes, and went to a barber. 1972 26 Aug. 20/4 A good atmosphere helps me to do my best, and while at the minute it doesn't feel like an Olympic Games, I think I can psych myself up when the time comes. 1982 ‘L. Cody’ xi. 72 I could see that, the minute you sat down. 1831 C. Swain 52 Delighted actors in that gala hour, Who now within the church-yard moulder lone; Minute by minute. 1875 C. P. Cranch 23 The shy thrush trilled his liquid clarionet Minute by minute. 1912 G. B. Shaw (1916) 37 What he would have called my faith has been oozing away minute by minute whilst I've been sitting here. 1958 H. Nemerov Fourth of July in 65 One light shattering in a hundred lights Minute by minute. 1993 Dec. 71/1 How did I accomplish this long-term weight loss? Sheer poochy courage of the sort that minute by minute does battle with the recidivism that mocks more than 90 percent of such diets. the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > other units of distance travelled 1850 S. Judd xxix. 325 Our merchants and mechanics will not reside more than ‘five minutes’ from their business. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus lxvii. 38 You, from your owner's gate never a minute away? 1907 18 Sept. 3/7 (advt.) St. Pancras Station..is within a few minutes of the City. 1922 J. Joyce ii. x. [Wandering Rocks] 218 Can you send them by tram? Now?..—Certainly, sir. Is it in the city?—O, yes,... Ten minutes. 1962 J. G. Bennett vii. 86 I went to his apartment, a few minutes from where we lived. 1992 13 Sept. 86/1 (advt.) Enjoy a day in the country just 45 minutes from Broadway. 1993 M. R. Lepper et al. in S. P. Lajoie & S. J. Derry iii. 88 Tutor E: (gives new problem to student) Now, that may be a little harder, because it's been a minute since we've done that [type of] problem. 1996 alt.rap 23 Sept. (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 16 Mar. 2020) I haven't written on this ng for a minute, especially after reading so many bullshit posts people keep puttin up. 2004 T. N. Baker 163 Yo I ain't heard from her in a minute. 2013 E. Huang xiv. 218 They..had been collecting sneakers for a minute. 7. 1706 (new ed.) Minute,..in Architecture, the sixtieth part of a Measure, call'd a Module. 1734 II. sig. E2/1 Architects generally chuse the Semi-Diameter of the Bottom of the Column for their Module, and this they subdivide into Parts or Minutes. 1964 J. Summerson 50/1 The Module is divided into thirty minutes. Sometimes the diameter itself is called the Module, in which case it contains sixty minutes. the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > unit of head measurement 1875 T. Seaton 132 Draw a line corresponding to the line within the oval, and divide this also into four equal parts. One of these parts must be subdivided into twelve parts, these are called minutes. 1875 T. Seaton 133 The length of a head—from forehead to back—in a full-grown person, is three parts eight minutes for a man, and three parts eleven minutes for a woman. III. A summary document; a note or memorandum. 8. society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > minutes society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > outline or sketch in words 1443 in H. Nicolas (1835) V. 276 (MED) Stourton was send to Eltham to þe King wt a minute..of lettres patentes. 1462 in I. S. Leadam & J. F. Baldwin (1918) 115 (MED) Commaundyng..to make proclamacion as it is remembred in this minute within writen, signed with the Kynges owen hande. 1502 in J. Gairdner (1861) I. 147 He received a mynite of instructions. 1522 Bp. J. Clerk Let. in H. Ellis (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 314 The Pope..caused it [sc. the mynute] to be staied, and an other minute to be made which was not sped bifor his death. 1531 T. Cromwell Let. 18 June in R. B. Merriman (1902) I. 340 I haue sent herein Inclosed the Mynewte with your Instruccions. 1640 in J. Nicholson 1 Sept. (1855) 37 Ordaines James, the next Committie day, to produce the said minute of contract. 1682 J. Evelyn Let. 28 Apr. in S. Pepys (1926) I. 21 These were onely minutes and tumultuary hints relating to ampler pieces. 1697 in W. S. Perry (1870) I. 52 I began to take their sense in minute as right as I could. c1710 C. Fiennes (1888) 276 To him are added in the House of Commons also scribes or secretaryes which record and take minutes also. 1728 J. Morgan I. v. 316 I some where said my memory was treacherous; nor do I ever keep minutes. 1741 C. Middleton I. vi. 511 It was his custom to keep the minutes or rough draught of all his pleadings. 1755 S. Johnson Minute, the first draught of any agreement in writing; this is common in the Scottish laws: as ‘Have ye made a minute of that contract?’ 1776 in (1789) 9 365 That such curious communications..be extracted from the Minutes of the Society, and formed into an Historical Memoir. 1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in 1st Ser. II. ii. 67 Lawford drew up a proper minute of this transaction, by which he himself and Grey were named trustees for the child. 1851 C. Dickens Bill-sticking in 22 Mar. 605/2 These are the minutes of my conversation with His Majesty, as I noted them down shortly afterwards. 1860 J. L. Motley (1868) I. vii. 409 The minute of a letter to Elizabeth..was submitted to the ambassador. 1886 R. Kipling (ed. 2) 23 No longer Brown reverses Smith's appeals, Or Jones records his Minute of Dissent. 1930 15 Mar. 7/1 All the members have signed the report, but Lord Ebbisham did so subject to a ‘minute of dissent’ which is attached to the main report . 1949 ‘G. Orwell’ 295 Making a tremendous show of entering up their minutes and drafting long memoranda which were never finished. 1987 4 Oct. 64/6 Her final story is set out like the minutes of a meeting. society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > minutes > as official authorization 1564 in J. H. Burton (1877) 1st Ser. I. 301 In terms of minute 27th November. 1783 E. Burke Speech Fox's E. India Bill in (1815) IV. 75 In his minute of consultation, Mr. Hastings describes forcibly the consequences which arise [etc.]. 1798 Duke of Wellington (1837) I. 9 A very able minute in the Secret department. 1817 Tierney in 768 That committee, by a Treasury minute of the 5th of April, 1816, was required to examine and report what offices had been created since the year 1793. 1863 H. Cox i. v. 29 The Bank of England..was directed to suspend cash payments by a Minute of Council. 1880 Gen. Adye in No. 38. 694 Lord Napier..in a masterly minute pointed out the various evils of the whole system. 1980 B. Castle 149 Eventually I said,..‘I'm going to send the PM a Minute setting out the problem.’ I sat down and drafted it myself. the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > an agreement 1720 R. Wodrow (1843) II. 519 At Edinburgh I have come to a minute with the printer. 1838 W. Bell 651 When it is necessary to preserve evidence of any incidental judicial act or statement, this is done in the Court of Session and also in the inferior courts by a minute. 1848 C. F. Shand I. 343 (note) A minute of abandonment of the cause, in such form as the following, is put into process. 1904 19 Nov. 7 Yesterday a minute was lodged in the Bill Chamber of the Court of Session stating that no answers are to be lodged to the note by the Free Church [etc.]. Compounds C1. 1827 J. Keble I. iii. 12 Faith's ear, with awful still delight, Counts them like minute bells at night. 1852 Nov. 772/1 Did that death stroke upon the minute bell thrill to the heart of one child of Mammon? 1876 3 July 7 (caption) Experimental meter with minute clock and gas index combined. a1884 E. H. Knight Suppl. 612/1 Minute Clock, a stop clock used in making tests of gas. 1775 A. Hulton (1927) 77 The people in the Country (who are all furnished with Arms & have what they call Minute Companys in every Town ready to march on any alarm), had a signal. 1775 in (1915) 10 304 To raise a Minute Company agreeably to the Resolve of the Convention. 1861 W. Markt Let. 8 Oct. in (U.S. War Dept.) (1882) 1st Ser. IV. 121 The undersigned having been elected captain of the Minute Company organized amongst our citizens to defend our diggings against the Indians..yesterday held a meeting. 1930 8 Mar. 20/2 In Belgium, where the wages are lowest, the minute costs are highest. 1802 A. Radcliffe Gaston de Blondeville in (1826) I. 87 The trumpets, that charged so loud and shrill their minet-flourishes. the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > hourglass 1626 J. Smith 29 Turne vp the minute glasse, obserue the hight. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher 480 Minute and Half-minute glasses. the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of > hand(s) 1720 No. 5863/4 A striking Gold Watch with an Alarm, Hour-Hand and Minute-Hand. 1756 T. Birch II. 372 It was again ordered that a minute-hand should be fixed to it [sc. Hooke's ‘magnetical watch’]. 1892 E. Reeves 184 Clock faces marking six, twelve, and twenty-four hours, mostly without minute hands. 1989 T. Kidder ii. ii. 38 The minute hand was one of those which stored up time and then sprang the news on her all at once. the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > inconstant person or thing > inconstant person a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. vii. 96 Cap and knee-Slaues, vapours, and Minute Iackes . View more context for this quotation society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > device to ascertain ship's speed through water > line of 1644 H. Mainwaring A Logg-line. Some call this a Minut-line. 1696 E. Phillips (new ed.) Log-line or Minute-line. 1635 F. Quarles ii. xi. 106 The fleshly wanton, to obtaine His minit-lust, will count it gaine To lose his freedome. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Minute mile, the sixtieth part of a degree of longitude or latitude. 1976 11 Nov. 7/2 (advt.) The upper oven grill can also be used as a warming cupboard. Automatic time/clock minute minder. 1993 Sept. 22/1 I look toward the stove. The minute-minder is ticking. It is set for five minutes. 1684 T. Burnet ii. iv. 210 In a Watch,..you may have a fancy to have an Alarum added, or a Minute-motion. 1705 5 Sept. Dropt in St. James's Park, September the 3rd, 1705, a Gold Minuit Pendulum Watch, &c. 1847 T. J. Crowen (1852) 211 Minute pudding... Put a quart of milk in a stew-pan over a clear fire; make a batter..when the milk is boiling hot, stir the batter gradually to it. 1863 6 A minute pudding.—Stir flour into boiling milk to the consistence of a thin hasty pudding, and in fifteen or twenty minutes it will be fit for the table. a1933 in (1983) We only ate two meals a day and many a meal was made up on minute pudding and milk. the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch 1843 XXVII. 107/1 These by way of distinction are called minute-repeaters. 1962 E. Bruton 114 Minute Repeater, a repeater watch or clock that will sound the last hour, quarter, and minute on bells or gongs, at will. 1991 Aug. 14/1 The most important lot in the whole sale was unsold: a Patek Philippe tourbillon minute repeater, made in the 1920s. 1621 G. Wither (new ed.) sig. A8 I haue not of my selfe, the powre, or grace, To be, or not to be; one minute-space. the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > steak or fillet 1910 H. A. Vachell in June 664/1 ‘Monsieur,’ said the terrible man, ‘I appreciate your courtesy; but, if you will permit me, I, too, will order a “minute” steak, and we will sup together.’ 1924 Apr. 40/2 The parilla section of the bill-of-fare..is as much of a fixture today as the Englishman's roast, and under it there is forthcoming a ‘minute steak’. 1959 204 The grills..range from 6/6 (minute steak) to 9/6 (mixed grill, including vegetables). 1991 J. Levesque vii. 111 Someone had recently fried a minute steak with too much garlic powder on it. 1834 F. Marryat II. xi. 175 The crew dropped their oars into the water without a splash, and pulled the minute stroke. the world > time > period > minute > [noun] 1492 J. Ryman Poems lxxxv, in (1892) 89 255 This lyfe vnto celestiall Is but a mynute tyde. 1867 J. Macgregor xiii. 163 This is called the ‘minute tide’, in which a swelling of the water once every minute fills up and empties again a quiet pool a little withdrawn from the river's course. the world > time > period > minute > [adjective] > occurring every minute 1948 ‘G. Orwell’ in 24 249/2 One ought, apparently, to live in a continuous present, a minute-to-minute cancellation of memory. 1968 G. M. B. Dobson (ed. 2) v. 105 In practice certain precautions have to be taken to allow for the minute-to-minute changes in the general electric field. 1994 J. Kelman 248 The effort that went into the day-to-day stuff, the minute-to-minute points of order. The actual living. the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch 1660 R. Boyle xi. 79 A Minute-Watch we kept by us on this occasion. 1701 No. 3717/4 Lost..a Silver Pendulum Minute Watch..with a Bob Ballance. a1594 (St Benet Gracechurch MS 1568/1) 346 Itm payd for a mynitt whele rop ffor the cloke 0-1-4. 1797 V. 74/2 The minute and hour hands turn on the end of the arbor of the minute-wheel. 1870 Mar. 77/1 Behind the bell, N, b is connected with a pawl..which catches the teeth of the minute-wheel..and advances it one tooth every second. 1975 1 The minute-wheel and pinion of mechanical watch movements often comprise a pinion which is thicker than the wheel. 1884 F. J. Britten (new ed.) 177 Minute Wheel Pinion, or ‘Nut’, the pinion in the motion work of watches that drives the hour wheel. 1895 10 Sept. 5/4 An Under-Secretary, trained in a bureaucracy where minute-writing has been brought to the highest pitch of perfection. 1950 A. 113 7 I know of no reason why the man or the woman whose flair is for figures would be less well endowed with the instinct for judgment than the man or woman whose flair is for salesmanship or minute writing. C2. General attributive (frequently with hyphen). a. With a cardinal number or half, etc., prefixed. This construction may confer the specified duration directly on the following noun, or the relationship may be less direct, denoting something requiring a particular cooking time (e.g. three-minute egg), something which can be completed in a certain time (e.g. four-minute mile), etc.1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot i. 268 They turn a half minute Sand-Glass,..and then drop the Log from the Stern. 1717 tr. A. F. Frézier 7 To answer the Half-minute Glass. 1775 E. Thompson (ed. 2) 7 I'll pray by the half-minute glass for your reformation. 1806 C. Lamb Let. 5 Dec. in (1976) II. 245 They all had their ten minute speeches. 1833 1 160 The present Mrs. S. admired his three minute roan. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ xii. 109 No five-minute boltings of flabby rolls. 1923 28 Sept. 12/3 A ninety-minute excerpt..will be simultaneously radiated from all other stations. 1954 J. A. C. Brown iii. 74 The introduction of rest-periods which amounted to two ten-minute breaks in the morning and two in the afternoon. 1954 16 Aug. 21/1 The duel of history's first four-minute milers. 1782 F. Burney III. vi. ix. 332 You have denied me the honour of even a five minutes audience. 1872 M. A. Barker iv. i. 246 Tired musterers sitting down under the shadow of a great rock..and having a ten minutes' ‘spell’ and half a pipe. 1942 25 Nov. 240/1 Lancasters and Halifaxes carry out a large-scale ‘thunderbolt’ raid on Duesseldorf, dropping several hundred tons of bombs in a 20-minutes attack. 1985 16 Oct. 97/1 The ‘Wild Waters’ flume..where rapid transit..into a splashy receptacle may be enjoyed several times over in a 40-minutes session for £2.50. 1977 29 Sept. 18/2 Mick Lawlor's 24th minute left-footed drive..hit the bottom part of the upright and rebounded into play. 1985 5 Dec. 30/1 Oxford's only answer was an 80th-minute penalty converted by Aldridge. 1992 20 Apr. 16/6 A sixth minute strike by Talbot's Thompson was all that separated the teams at Fir Park yesterday. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † minuten.2Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin minuta. Etymology: Apparently < a specific use of post-classical Latin minuta minute n.1 Compare minute adj. 2. Law. Obsolete. the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] 1495 VI. 501/1 Of the Ferme of all Asartis, Wastes, Purpresture and minutez, of the parcelles of the Forest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). minuteadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin minūtus, minuere. Etymology: < classical Latin minūtus small in size or amount, of little importance, finely divided, subtle, fine, involving detailed knowledge, spec. use of past participle of minuere to make small, diminish (see minuend n.). Compare Italian minuto (late 13th cent. in sense 4; mid 14th cent. in sense 3).With minute tithes (see sense 2) compare Anglo-Norman minutz dismes (plural; 13th or 14th cent.), post-classical Latin decima minuta (from c1200 in British sources), also post-classical Latin minuta firma (1264 in a British source). N.E.D. (1906) also gives the pronunciation (miniū·t) /mɪˈnjuːt/, which had clearly been the favoured pronunciation throughout the 19th cent., being the only variant recorded in the Imperial Dict. (1850), the Cent. Dict. (1890), and all editions of Webster up to 1900. However, the pronunciation with a first-syllable diphthong, probably by analogy with words like minor adj. and minus prep., has a long history: it has an early attestation in W Johnston Pronouncing & Spelling Dict. (1764), and is noted (albeit with disfavour) by 19th-cent. commentators. It is recorded with increasing frequency throughout the twentieth cent., and had become the preferred form on both sides of the Atlantic by the year 2000. the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > division by cutting > [adjective] > cut into pieces > cut into small pieces tr. Palladius (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. 492 (MED) Hem summe in cedur scobe, & summe in stre Mynute..wel witholde. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > [adjective] > lesser 1472 VI. 64/1 Grete Fermes and Sommes..Sume under the name of Minute firme. a1475 in A. Clark (1906) ii. 580 (MED) The said official and Archidekon..assoyled them fro the yevyng of mynute or smale tythes. 1542–3 c. 16 §1 The fermes of diuers purprestures, assertes, sergeantes, & minute rentes. 1546 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith (1870) 222 The preste..hathe the mynute tythes of the village of Bysshopton. 1696 E. Phillips (new ed.) Minute Tithes, small Tithes, such as usually belong to the Vicar; as Wooll, Lambs, Piggs, Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Honey, &c. 1702 I. iv. 242 The Dependence of the Church,..(except their minute Tythes) was entirely upon this Law. the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very small in amount or degree the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > extremely small 1606 T. Palmer To Rdr. More Minute Subdiuisions and points are co[n]tained, then peraduenture will rellish with the taste of some. 1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 40 in Wee haue also Glasses and Meanes, to see Small and Minute Bodies, perfectly and distinctly. 1665 (Royal Soc.) 1 31 An Instrument to shew all the Minute Variations in the pressure of the Air. 1698 J. Fryer 39 Those [chapels] of a minuter dimension were open. 1713 W. Derham iv. ii. 106 One single minutest Thread, or Fibre. 1744 E. Young 36 With this minute distinction,..Nature revolves, but Man advances. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter i. v. 43 The neighbouring coast, and the minuter isles adjacent. 1794 R. Kirwan (ed. 2) I. 48 The minuter diversifications are called varieties. 1802 W. Paley xxvii. 581 A particle..minuter than all assignable, all conceivable dimension. 1815 J. Bentham i. 24 The distance in question is so minute as to be incapable of measurement. 1832 C. Babbage (ed. 2) xi. 81 The minuter cavities can only be filled under an exhausted receiver. 1871 J. Tyndall i. 24 What is true of the earth..is also true of her minutest atom. 1880 A. Geikie (new ed.) ii. 57 It is possible to measure very minute changes of temperature. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ (1924) ix. 148 Here he caught sight of a minute figure regarding him with a steady gaze. 1964 F. Chichester (1967) xxxi. 361 I dreaded those bergs, though the chance of hitting one of them was minute compared with the risk of steamers. 1990 Nov. 21/1 (advt.) New high-output, high-energy magnetic particles easily compensate for minute misalignments of drive heads. the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins To Rdr. If any shall suggest that some of the Enquiries here insisted upon..do seem too minute and trivial, for any prudent Man to bestow his serious thoughts and time about. Such Persons may know [etc.]. 1669 J. Denham iv. 52 Some minute Philosophers pretend, That with our dayes our pains and pleasures end. 1732 G. Berkeley I. i. x. 34 These Minute Philosophers..are a sort of Pirates who plunder all that come in their way. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter iii. ix. 396 The Mandarine..returned all that had been stolen..even to the minutest trifle. 1772 E. Burke (1844) I. 377 Your grace dissipates your mind into too great a variety of minute pursuits. 1872 W. Minto ii. iii. 279 As Lord Chancellor,..he proved unequal to the minuter duties of the office. the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adjective] the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > scrupulously careful or attentive to detail > characterized by scrupulous care > strict, careful, or detailed a1697 J. Aubrey Lives Eminent Men, Hobbes To Rdr. in J. Walker (1813) II. 594 For that I am so minute, I declare I never intended it [etc.]. 1716 J. Addison No. 42. ⁋14 We cannot be too minute and circumstantial in accounts of this nature. 1751 S. Johnson No. 86. ⁋5 He knew with how minute Attention the ancient Criticks considered the Disposition of Syllables. 1788 T. Reid iv. ii. 71 He is more full, more minute and particular than any of them. 1799 Duke of Wellington (1837) I. 25 His minute private diary. 1802 T. Thomson II. 192 A very minute and accurate series of experiments. 1833 H. Martineau (ed. 3) i. 10 A reporter as faithful as he was minute. 1864 E. B. Pusey (1876) 376 A minute, natural, accurate, history. 1910 E. M. Forster viii. 68 She was bored when too minute an account was given of the Fussell family. 1927 R. B. McKerrow i. i. 1 All who were engaged in the editing or the minuter study of those authors. 1982 O. Sacks (ed. 3) Epilogue 246 His understanding is based on a faithful, minute and infinitely patient observation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). minutev. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: minute n.1 Etymology: < minute n.1In sense 1a perhaps after French minuter (1382 in Middle French). I. To record in a note or notes. 1. society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > minute 1601 in R. Pitcairn (1833) II. 374 The relaxatioune..quhilk is minut, produceit and registrate in the sheref bukes of Roxburgh. a1648 Ld. Herbert (1649) 48 All which minuted by Loüis de Longuevile..was at last thus fully concluded. a1648 Ld. Herbert (1649) 94 The designe for the Interview with Francis continued; which being minuted by our Ambassador..was continued by his Successor. 1662 J. Evelyn iv. 94 It might not seem requisite to minute the works which he has published. 1711 No. 4842/3 All such disabled Seamen and Marines as are minuted to be taken into the said Hospital. 1712 J. Addison No. 439. ¶3 The Cardinal is represented as minuting down every thing that is told him. 1747 R. Campbell iv. 56 He is minuted for the first Vacancy in course; and when that happens, gets a Warrant without farther Application. 1789 B. Franklin (1840) II. 151 Nothing was concluded [sc. at the next meeting] so as to be minuted. 1836 H. Rogers (1863) v. 141 His thoughts on this occasion he minuted down. 1854 G. Bancroft III. ii. 30 The Empress of Russia with her own hand minuted an edict for universal tolerance. 1888 J. Bryce II. xlviii. 228 A Town-clerk, who keeps the records, and minutes the proceedings of the meeting. 1892 Ld. Lytton i. 351 Whereon His Majesty thus minuted. 1930 R. V. Billis & A. S. Kenyon 19 Latrobe minuted that despatch when sent him from Sydney for comment: ‘They shall not get one acre of Australia Felix.’ 1944 J. Reith 19 Jan. (1975) vi. 315 The First Lord minuted that it was to be done. 1978 10 30 There were three prothonotaries who..were responsible for..minuting the business in their dockets and remembrances. 1988 Jan. 12/2 Be sure that the company's requirement is properly minuted. society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) > by means of a minute 1918 G. S. Gordon 13 Dec. (1943) 87 Milford has minuted me about the Oxford Trivium. 1952 10 Sept. 353 He had minuted General Ismay. 1964 M. Gowing v. 174 Lord Cherwell was still minuting Mr Churchill that the British diffusion method was much superior. 1988 B. Cooper ii. v. 130 Hawes minuted Grey on the possible illegality of the Charter. the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] > as a series a1770 C. Talbot (1808) 60 The most agreeable thought (as I experienced last night when we were minuting over all these things) will be, that it cannot be long [etc.]. †II. Senses relating to the measurement and passing of time. the world > time > reckoning of time > reckon or measure time [verb (transitive)] > ascertain or determine time 1605 W. Camden i. 92 About the yeare of our Lord 1000 (that we may not minute out the time). a1661 T. Fuller (1662) Suff. 62 All Accidents are minuted and momented by Divine Providence. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 52 582 The above observations were minuted from a stop-watch of Mr. Ellicott's. 1773 G. White Let. 8 July in (1789) 153 I have minuted these birds with my watch for an hour together,..they return..about once in five minutes. 1775 G. White Let. 1 Nov. in (1789) 198 A good rush,..being minuted, burnt only three minutes short of an hour. 1784 Blagden in (Royal Soc.) 74 217 Scarcely any one had sufficient presence of mind to minute the time by his watch. 1814 M. Edgeworth I. iii. 71 [They] went to see High-Blood rubbed down..exercised, and minuted. 1822 T. L. Beddoes ii. iii. 40 Do not minute The movements of the soul. 1825 15 340 I did not minute this run, but..it must have been a trimming one. 1862 S. Smiles III. 277 Captain Scoresby,..minuted the speed of the train. 1888 Jan. 29 The Bishop..sat by with his watch on the table, for he had to minute each interview. a1806 H. K. White (1807) II. 90 And count the tedious hours, as slow they minute by. 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