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minium

[ min-ee-uhm ]

noun



minium

/ ˈmɪnɪəm /

noun

  1. another name for red lead
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of minium1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: cinnabar, red lead
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Word History and Origins

Origin of minium1

C14 (meaning: vermilion): from Latin
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Example Sentences

They passed a host of Democratic priorities in early 2020, including measures to expand access to voting, raise the minium wage, ban anti-LGBT discrimination, tighten restrictions on guns and loosen them on abortion.

Some liberals in Congress sent a letter this week to Biden and Vice President Harris urging them to sidestep the parliamentarian’s decision on the minium wage, a move that has historical precedent.

He supports a $15 minium wage, like most of the other Democratic candidates, and wants to modify the Affordable Care Act to include a public option.

Better to stick to madder root, red ochre, or the red-lead minium that had been in use since classical antiquity.

Overnight and summertime minium give insight in how sustained the heat has become.

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