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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. Anything very minute; as, the
minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the
like.

2. The smallest liquid measure, equal to
about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.

3. (Zoöl.) A small fish; a
minnow. [Prov. Eng.]

4. A little man or being; a dwarf.
[Obs.] Milton.

5. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an austere
order of mendicant hermits or friars founded in the 15th century by
St. Francis of Paola.

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. A short poetical encomium. [Obs.]
Spenser.

Min"im, a. Minute.
"Minim forms." J. R.


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