MINUSCULE

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

• (noun) the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

  synonyms : lower-case letter , lowercase , small letter

• (adj.) of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries

  synonyms : minuscular

• (adj.) very small

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

  synonyms : miniscule

• (adj.) lowercase

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

  synonyms : little , small

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