minuscule \minuscule\ adj. a.
Of or relating to a minuscule[2] or of a script written in
minuscules[2]; of the size and style of minuscules[2];
written in minuscules[2]; minuscular.
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These minuscule letters are cursive forms of the
earlier uncials. --I. Taylor
(The
Alphabet).
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Minuscule \Mi*nus"cule\, n. [L. minusculus rather small, fr.
minus less: cf. F. minuscule.]
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1. Any very small, minute object.
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2. A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial;
a manuscript written in such letters.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
minuscule
adj 1: of or relating to a small cursive script developed from
uncial; 7th to 9th centuries [syn: minuscular] [ant:
majuscule]
2: lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is
written all in minuscule letters" [syn: little, small]
3: very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of
rain fell" [syn: miniscule]
n 1: the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a
compositor's type case [syn: small letter, lower case,
lower-case letter] [ant: capital]
2: a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th
and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
WordNet (r) 2.0
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "minuscule":
abecedarian, allographic, alphabetic, baby, baby-sized, bantam,
banty, capital, compact, diminutive, duodecimo, graphemic, handy,
ideographic, lettered, lexigraphic, literal, logogrammatic,
logographic, lower-case, majuscule, miniature, miniaturized,
minikin, minimal, minuscular, pictographic, pocket, pocket-sized,
pony, small-scale, subminiature, toy, transliterated, twelvemo,
uncial, upper-case, vest-pocket
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
little, lower case, lower-case letter, miniscule, minuscular, small, small letter
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