Minutia
[mi-noo-shee-uh, -shuh, -nyoo-] /mɪˈnu ʃi ə, -ʃə, -ˈnyu-/
noun, plural minutiae
[mi-noo-shee-ee, -nyoo-] /mɪˈnu ʃiˌi, -ˈnyu-/ (Show IPA)
1.
Usually, minutiae. precise details; small or trifling matters:
the minutiae of his craft.
n.
1751, plural minutiae, from Latin minutia “smallness” (plural minutiae, in Late Latin “trifles”), from minutus “small” (see minute (adj.)).
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