heretic

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her·e·tic / ˈherətik/ • n. a person believing in or practicing religious heresy. ∎  a person holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted.DERIVATIVES: he·ret·i·cal / həˈretikəl/ adj.he·ret·i·cal·ly adv.

minim

views updated May 14 2018

min·im / ˈminim/ • n. 1. one sixtieth of a fluid dram, about one drop of liquid.2. Mus. British term for half note.3. Calligraphy a short vertical stroke, as in the letters i, m, n, u.

minim

views updated May 18 2018

minim
A. (mus.) note half the value of a semibreve XV;

B. friar of the Ordo Minimorum Eremitarum;

C. thing of the least size or importance XVI; single down stroke of the pen XVII. — medL. ellipt. or absol. uses of L. minimus, -a, -um least; see MINOR.
So minimize XIX. minimum † atom; least amount attainable, etc. XVII; lowest or least value, etc. XVIII. — L., n. of minimus used sb. minimal (-AL1) XVII.

heretic

views updated May 23 2018

heretic a person believing in or practising religious heresy. The word (recorded from Middle English) comes from Old French via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek hairetikos ‘able to choose’.

minim

views updated May 21 2018

minim (min-im) n. a unit of volume used in pharmacy, equivalent to one sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.

minim

views updated May 21 2018

minim. See half-note.

Minim

views updated May 11 2018

Minim (pl.): see MIN.