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Webster 1913 Edition
Minim
Min′im
,Noun.
[F.
minime
, L. minimus
the least, smallest, a superl. of minor
: cf. It. minima
a note in music. See Minor
, and cf. Minimum
.] 1.
Anything very minute;
as, the
; – applied to animalcula; and the like. minims
of existence3.
(Zool.)
A small fish; a minnow.
[Prov. Eng.]
4.
A little man or being; a dwarf.
[Obs.]
Milton.
5.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of an austere order of mendicant hermits or friars founded in the 15th century by
St. Francis of Paola
. 6.
(Mus.)
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.
Min′im
,Adj.
Minute.
“Minim forms.” J. R. Drake.
Webster 1828 Edition
Minim
MIN'IM
, n.1.
A little man or being; a dwarf.2.
One of a certain reformed order of Franciscans or Minimi.3.
A note in music, equal to half a semi-breve or two crotchets.4.
A short poetical encomium.5.
A small fish.