Definition of "minium" [min•i•um]

• Red lead. (noun)

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• "That same Cyprian reflex would remain *minyu in Etruscan to yield Latin minium which is self-explanatory."
• "You might want to put the magnets below the desk so they'll do the minium dammage."
• "I, as an adult, for quite a time made little more than minium wage but, I was never poor."