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A small or minor detail
Answer for the clue "A small or minor detail ", 7 letters:
minutia
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a small or minor detail; "he had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code" [also: minutiae (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Minutia \Mi*nu"ti*a\, n.; pl. Minuti[ae] (-[=e]). [L., fr. minutus small, minute. See 4th Minute .] A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1751, plural minutiae , from Latin minutia "smallness" (plural minutiae , in Late Latin "trifles"), from minutus "small" (see minute (adj.)).
Usage examples of minutia.
All seething with detail that ramified as you looked at it, then split again into underworlds of minutia.