mi|nu|ti|ae

mi|nu|ti|ae «mih NOO shee ee, -NYOO-», noun (plural).

very small matters; trifling details: »

scientific minutiae. They waited…for the exchange of pass-words, the delivery of keys, and all the slow minutiae attendant upon the movements of a garrison in a well-guarded fortress (Scott).

╂[< Latin minūtiae trifles, plural of minūtia smallness < minūtus; see etym. under minute² (Cf. ↑minute)]