minuscule has definitions from the field of writing
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[ adjective ] lowercase

Synonyms

small little

Examples

"little a" "small a" "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

Related terms

lowercase

2
[ adjective ] of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries

Synonyms

minuscular

Related terms

majuscule lowercase

3
[ noun ] (writing) a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts

Related terms

longhand

4
[ noun ] the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

Related terms

capital character

5
[ adjective ] very small

Synonyms

miniscule

Examples

"a minuscule kitchen" "a minuscule amount of rain fell"

Related terms

small

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