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minuscule
[ min-uh-skyool, mi-nuhs-kyool ]
adjective
- very small.
- (of letters or writing) small; not capital.
- written in such letters ( majuscule ).
noun
- a minuscule letter.
- a small cursive script developed in the 7th century a.d. from the uncial, which it afterward superseded.
minuscule
/ mɪˈnʌskjʊlə; ˈmɪnəˌskjuːl /
noun
- a lower-case letter
- writing using such letters
- a small cursive 7th-century style of lettering derived from the uncial
adjective
- relating to, printed in, or written in small letters Compare majuscule
- very small
- (of letters) lower-case
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Derived Forms
- minuscular, adjective
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Other Words From
- mi·nuscu·lar adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of minuscule1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of minuscule1
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Example Sentences
An appearance here during his 1993 comeback tour was cancelled following minuscule ticket sales.
Hawking radiation for realistic black holes is a minuscule effect, and the bigger the black hole, the less radiation there is.
Out of that minuscule number of bisexual roles, only two were male characters.
The result is a far more advanced effort that features an investment in offices and staff that makes GOP efforts look minuscule.
Havens thinks that the cost differences for consumers will be minuscule, according to rough model calculations.
None the less it must be said for them that they take fairly good care of their minuscule quadrupeds.
But some confusions of letters occur frequently in copies of uncial originals, and others in copies of minuscule originals.
It is a large folio, finely written in a neat minuscule, mainly Saxon hand, with uncial initials in two columns.
It seemed highly unconvincing, later, because some long-delayed perception produced a reaction in the dinies' minuscule brains.
That's not a gigantic number, but it's not a minuscule one, either.
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