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