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Re: Bug#124874: lg-issue59: Spelling error in description



Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> writes:

> If the adjectival meaning is intended, then "minimal" is probably the
> correct word.  I can't find "minimalistic" in any dictionary or wordlist
> available to me.

I'd say that "minimal" is an absolute term, though, and that
"minimalistic" is in fact correct for things which are close to
minimal but not quite there.

-- 
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)



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