Minutia (Noun)
Meaning
A small or minor detail; "he had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The detective spent hours pouring over the evidence, focusing on the minutiae that most people would have overlooked.
- She had always been fascinated by the minutiae of 18th-century history, often getting lost in the intricate details of royal court life.
- The artist's attention to minutiae was impressive, with every brush stroke and color choice carefully considered.
- The company's financial troubles were often masked by generalities, but the accountant's focus on minutiae revealed a complex web of issues.
- The students found the professor's lecture on literary theory dense and obtuse, bogged down in the minutiae of scholarly debate.