minimifidian means Having a minimal amount of faith. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
MINIMIFIDIAN — [Adjective] Having or characterized by the smallest possible degree of faith. From the Latin minimus ("smallest, least") combined with the English combining form -fidian (from Latin fides, "faith"). Unlike "skeptic" (which implies active questioning) or "infidel" (which denotes a categorical absence), "minimifidian" describes a faith attenuated to a bare technicality. It is the single, guttering candle kept lit in a cavernous cathedral; the whispered prayer uttered only when all rational options are exhausted; the worn coin carried in a pocket long after one has ceased believing it can purchase anything. To be minimifidian is to keep a vigil for a guest you no longer believe will arrive.
adj
- Having a minimal amount of faith.“The deadliest attack of the infidel is not so faith-destroying as these attempts to prop up our belief by the endorsement of the politician, or the patronizing certificate of the minimifidian man of science, neither of whom, it may very possibly be, knows as much of the Scriptures and Christianity as the once dark savage who sits clothed and in his right mind at the feet of the missionary of the c”
noun
- One who has a minimal amount of faith.