C18: pl of Late Latin minūtia smallness, from Latin minūtusminute2
minutia in American English
(mɪˈnuːʃiə, -ʃə, -ˈnjuː-)
nounWord forms: plural-tiae (-ʃiˌi)
(usually minutiae)
precise details; small or trifling matters
the minutiae of his craft
Derived forms
minutial
adjective
Word origin
[1745–55; ‹ L minūtia smallness, equiv. to minūt(us) minute2 + -ia-ia]This word is first recorded in the period 1745–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: artistic, debut, development, personification, umbilical cord-ia is a noun suffix having restricted application in various fields, as in names ofdiseases (malaria; anemia), place names (Italia; Romania), names of Roman feasts (Lupercalia), Latin or Latinizing plurals (Amphibia; insignia; Reptilia), and in other loanwords from Latin (militia)
Examples of 'minutia' in a sentence
minutia
It is a riot of minutia.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Six years of reporting on every minutia linked to the financial meltdown has been tricky, and exhausting.