Minuscule

noun

'mɪnə,skjul

Adjective

extremely small
“a minuscule kitchen”
“a minuscule amount of rain fell”
Similar:Miniscule
lowercase
“e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters”
Similar:Little Small
of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries
Similar:Minuscular
See also:Lowercase

Noun

the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
Similar:Lowercase
Type of:GraphemeGraphCharacter
a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
Type of:LonghandCursive

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