minim
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What they meant was that Meredith Willson, 63, was a missed minim who didn't belong on the council.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Flat Hand.—A flat hand is a type of handwriting in which the characters have an oblate or flattened appearance, the o, a, g, &c., being horizontal ovals, like the minim and breve in music.
From The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents by Blackburn, Douglas
He also called upon each householder to show his interest in the work by subscribing, at Pentecost, an alms of "unum obolum ad minim."
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Addleshaw, Percy
Lesbia set to work to try and explain the functions of a minim, a crotchet, and a quaver.
From Loyal to the School by Brazil, Angela
Not at once did he learn the art of combating starvation with minim resources.
From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George