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English adjective: minuscule

1. minuscule of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries


Synonymsminuscular


See alsolowercase


Antonymsmajuscule

2. minuscule lowercase


SamplesLittle a.
Small a.
E.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters.


Synonymslittle, small


Similarlowercase


Antonymsuppercase

3. minuscule very small


SamplesA minuscule kitchen.
A minuscule amount of rain fell.


Synonymsminiscule


Similarlittle, small


Antonymsbig, large


English noun: minuscule

1. minuscule (communication) the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case


Synonymslower-case letter, lowercase, small letter


Broader (hypernym)character, grapheme, graphic symbol


Antonymscapital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase, capital

2. minuscule (communication) a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts


Broader (hypernym)cursive, cursive script, longhand, running hand









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