Minim
Pronunciation : Min"im
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. minime, L. minimus the least, smallest, a superl. of minor: cf. It. minima a note in music. See Minor, and cf. Minimum.]
Definition : 1. Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.
2. The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.
3. (Zo?l.)
Defn: A small fish; a minnow. [Prov. Eng.]
4. A little man or being; a dwarf. [Obs.] Milton.
5. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
6. (Mus.)
Defn: A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.
7. A short poetical encomium. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Min"im
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Minute. "Minim forms." J. R. Drake.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913