minim
Example Sentences
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What they meant was that Meredith Willson, 63, was a missed minim who didn't belong on the council.
From Time Magazine Archive
Adonaïs appeared shocked at himself, and swallowed a minim of wine to cleanse his vocal apparatus from the stain of so coarse an illustration.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 by Various
He also called upon each householder to show his interest in the work by subscribing, at Pentecost, an alms of "unum obolum ad minim."
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Addleshaw, Percy
Deinde etiam tempora distinguemus, vt nihil minim sit grassante annonæ sæuitia, multa à multis ad explendam famem adhiberi aut adhibita fuisse, quæ alias vix canes pascant.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard
No doubt there are abject specimens of the visionary, as there is a minim mammal which you might imprison in the finger of your glove.
From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
