Definitions for: Minuscule

[adj] very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell"
[adj] lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
[adj] of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries

Webster (1913) Definition: Mi*nus"cule, n. [L. minusculus rather small, fr.
minus less: cf. F. minuscule.]
1. Any very small, minute object.

2. A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial;
a manuscript written in such letters. -- a. Of the size
and style of minuscules; written in minuscules.

These minuscule letters are cursive forms of the
earlier uncials. --I. Taylor
(The
Alphabet).

Synonyms: little, lowercase, miniscule, minuscular, small

Antonyms: majuscule

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