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noun
Extreme attention to minute or irrelevant detail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A minor detail or circumstantial matter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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History
Etymology tree English circumstantial Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English circumstantiality From circumstantial + -ity.
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