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Definition of "minimus" [‖Min•i•mus]

  • A being of the smallest size. (noun)
  • The youngest pupil in a school having a particular surname. (noun)
  • The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes. (noun)

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Use "minimus" in a sentence
  • "10A: A minimus is the smallest one (toe) - the monotonous professor in me thought this was something to do with paleography"
  • "One of the few authors willing to venture a guess was Glenn Cooper, a thriller author with whom I share an audiobooks narrator: "I'd say that audio revenues are a de minimus portion of my publishing revenues, certainly less than 1%.""
  • ""De minimus" investments may be made in hedge funds and private equity funds, so long as the banking entity does not have more than 3 percent of total ownership of the fund and that investment does not represent more than 3 percent of its Tier 1 capital."
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