Definition of minuscules Minuscules
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What does minuscules mean?
Wiktionary 
- minuscules (Noun)
Plural of minuscule.
Part of speech
🔤- minuscules, noun, plural of minuscule.
WordNet
NounPlural: minuscules |
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| minuscule - a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts | ||
| cursive, cursive script, longhand, running hand rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper | ||
| minuscule - the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case | ||
| small letter, lowercase, lower-case letter | ||
| grapheme, graphic symbol, character (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes | ||
Adjective |
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| minuscule - of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries | ||
| minuscular | ||
| lowercase relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case; "lowercase letters; a and b and c etc" | ||
| minuscule - very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell" | ||
| miniscule | ||
| minuscule - lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" | ||
| little, small | ||
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Wiktionary
- minuscule (Noun)
A lower-case letter. - minuscule (Noun)
Any of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule . - minuscule (Noun)
A letter in these styles. - minuscule (Adjective)
Written in minuscules, lower-case. - minuscule (Adjective)
Written in minuscule handwriting style. - minuscule (Adjective)
Very small, tiny.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- minuscule (n.)
Any very small, minute object. - minuscule (n.)
A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; a manuscript written in such letters. - minuscule (a.)
Of the size and style of minuscules; written in minuscules.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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minuscule
Of very little importance. -
minuscule
The small letters in type, as distinguished from capital, uppercase, letters.
Part of speech
🔤- minuscule, noun, singular of minuscules.
