MINIM

minim. Minim, n. a dwarf, small being, note, letter

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Min″im (?), n. [[F. minime, L. minimus the least, smallest, a superl. of minor: cf. It. minima a note in music. See Minor, and cf. Minimum.]] 1. 1. Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; — applied to animalcula; and the like.
2. 2. The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.
3. 3. (Zoöl.) A small fish; a minnow.
4. 4. A little man or being; a dwarf. Milton.
5. 5. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits or friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
6. 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. 7. A short poetical encomium. Spenser.