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Minimus vs Minious - What's the difference?

minimus | minious |

In obsolete terms the difference between minimus and minious

is that minimus is a being of the smallest size while minious is of a red or vermilion colour.

As a noun minimus

is a being of the smallest size.

As an adjective minious is

of a red or vermilion colour.

minimus

English

Noun

(minimi)
  • (obsolete) A being of the smallest size.
    • Get you gone, you dwarf; You minimus , of hindering knot-grass made; You bead, you acorn. -William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • (dated) The youngest pupil in a school having a particular surname.
    • Jones Minimus wants to join the rowing team.
  • (anatomy) The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    minious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Of a red or vermilion colour.
    • The sea receiveth a red and minious tincture from springs, wells, and currents that fall into it. — Sir Thomas Browne.
    (Webster 1913)