minuscule
Meanings
Plural: minuscules
Noun
- the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
- a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
- A lowercase letter.
- Either of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.
- A letter in these styles.
Adjective
- of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries
Adjective Satellite
- lowercase
- "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
- very small
- "a minuscule kitchen"
- "a minuscule amount of rain fell"
Adj
- Written in minuscules, lowercase.
- Written in minuscule handwriting style.
- Very small; tiny.
Origin / Etymology
From French minuscule, from Latin minuscula, feminine of minusculus (“rather less, rather small”), from minus (“less, smaller”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Synonyms
little, lower-case, lower-case letter, lowercase, microscopic, miniscule, minuscular, minute, small, small letter, tiny
Scrabble Score: 13
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