“minuscule”

Definitions

• adjective

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

  Synonyms: minuscular, abecedarian, allographic, alphabetic, baby, bantam, banty, capital, compact, diminutive, duodecimo, graphemic

  Antonyms: majuscule

• adjective

  lowercase

  Synonyms: little, small

  • Example:“little a”
  • Example:“small a”

• adjective

  extremely small

  Synonyms: miniscule

  • Example:“a minuscule kitchen”
  • Example:“A minuscule amount of rain fell.”

• noun

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

  Synonyms: small letter, lowercase, lower-case letter

• noun

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