micromini

[ mahy-kroh-min-ee ]

adjective

1. microminiature.

noun

, plural mi·cro·min·is.

1. something of a microminiature size:

   Among rosebushes, the microminis are just 6 inches tall.

2. an extremely short miniskirt.

Word History and Origins

Origin of micromini¹

1965–70; micro- + mini(ature) or mini

Example Sentences

“Elegance can have laughter, elegance can have joy, elegance can be bright orange, elegance can be a micromini, it can be a huge billowy floating gown, and it can be modern and young, too.”

From Washington Times

Days before the yacht photographs were published, Ms. Campbell made a triumphant return on the Milan runway, walking in her first Versace show in 14 years, wearing a black leather micromini, her hips swaying, her hair sashaying as people in the audience rose to applaud.

From New York Times

Steven and I were very in sync on how we wanted to portray her — the sexiness as well as the soul — and I didn’t have to wear a micromini shimmying down a well.

From New York Times

Then there's Megan, who wears a plain peasant blouse, jeans and an understated bob in her off-duty hours but shows up to a business lunch with Harry in a powder blue micromini dress, tacky blue eye shadow, giant swirling earrings and an enormous bouffant hairdo suggesting that either her hair grows very, very quickly or she's spending all of Don's money on extensions.

From Los Angeles Times

From 2009 through 2012, he also managed a micromini commercial vehicle division called SAIC-GM-Wuling in southern China.

From Reuters