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minuscule

noun
/ˈmɪnɪˌskjuːl/UK/ˈmɪnəˌskjul/US

Etymology

From French minuscule, from Latin minuscula, feminine of minusculus (“rather less, rather small”), from minus (“less, smaller”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

  1. derived from minuscula
  2. derived from minuscule

Definitions

  1. A lowercase letter.

  2. Either of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.

    • By the eighth century, Irish scribes had refined everyday cursive writing in minuscule to allow its use for the production of quality vellum books.

  3. A letter in these styles.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Written in minuscules, lowercase.

    2. Written in minuscule handwriting style.

    3. Very small

      Very small; tiny.

      • a minuscule dot

The neighborhood

  • antonymmajusculeantonym(s) of “lower-case”
  • antonymuppercaseantonym(s) of “lower-case”

Derived

Caroline minuscule, Carolingian minuscule, humanist minuscule, minuscule cursive, cominuscule, minuscular, minusculely

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for minuscule. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA