minutiae

Minutia \Mi*nu"ti*a\, n.; pl. {Minutiae} (-[=e]). [L., fr.
   minutus small, minute. See 4th {Minute}.]
   A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly
   in the plural.
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99 Moby Thesaurus words for "minutiae":
      ace, article, aspect, atom, bit, bric-a-brac, case, chaff,
      chicken feed, chickenshit, count, crumb, dab, datum, detail,
      details, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, drop, droplet, dwarf,
      element, facet, fact, factor, farthing, fleck, flyspeck, fragment,
      froth, gimcrackery, gnat, gobbet, grain, granule, groat, hair,
      handful, incidental, instance, iota, item, jot, knickknackery,
      little, little bit, matter, microbe, microorganism, midge, minim,
      minimum, minor detail, minutia, mite, modicum, molecule, mote,
      nutshell, ounce, particle, particular, peanuts, pebble, pinch,
      pinhead, pinpoint, pittance, point, regard, respect, rubbish,
      scrap, scruple, small beer, small change, small potatoes, smidgen,
      smitch, snip, snippet, speck, spoonful, spot, thimbleful, thing,
      tiny bit, tittle, trash, trifles, trifling amount, trivia,
      triviality, trumpery, vanishing point, whit