See Also: minim(medicine)
minim(dictionary)
minim(dictionary)

minim (iou)



minim noun & adjective. LME.
[As noun, repr. various ellipt. uses in medieval Latin of Latin minimus least, smallest, superl. of parvus small (see MINOR adjective & noun). As adjective directly from Latin minimus.]
A. noun.
Music. A symbol for a note with the time value of half a semibreve or two crotchets, having a hollow head and a straight stem; a note of this length. LME.
(Minim.) A friar belonging to the mendicant order founded by St Francis of Paola (1416-1507). M16.
The least possible portion (of). Formerly also, an atom, a minute particle. L16.
A person, animal, or thing of the smallest size or importance. Usu. derog. L16.
A single downstroke of a pen. L16.
A unit of liquid capacity in apothecaries' measure, equal to about one drop of liquid; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm. E19.
A very small (usu. bronze) Roman coin. L19.
b. adjective. Smallest, extremely small. M17.