Minuscule
10 definitions retrieved  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. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] These minuscule letters are cursive forms of the earlier uncials. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [1913 Webster] Minuscule \Mi*nus"cule\, n. [L. minusculus rather small, fr. minus less: cf. F. minuscule.] [1913 Webster] 1. Any very small, minute object. [1913 Webster] 2. A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; a manuscript written in such letters. [1913 Webster]  minuscule adj 1: of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries [syn: minuscule, minuscular] [ant: majuscule] 2: lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" [syn: little, minuscule, small] 3: very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell" [syn: minuscule, miniscule] n 1: the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case [syn: small letter, lowercase, lower-case letter, minuscule] [ant: capital, {capital letter}, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase] 2: a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts  minuscule apróbetû apró kisbetû pici  minuscule [minyskyl] kleiner Buchstabe  minuscule [minyskyl] lower case letter; small letter  minuscule [minyskyl] kleine letter; minuskel  minuscule Minuskel f; kleiner Anfangsbuchstabe minuscule winzig adj  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 Minuscule related |
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