MINUSCULE


Meaning of MINUSCULE in English

n. & adj.

n. 1 Palaeog. a kind of cursive script developed in the 7th c. 2 a lower-case letter.

adj. 1 lower-case. 2 colloq. extremely small or unimportant. minuscular adj.

[ F f. L minuscula (littera letter) dimin. of minor: see MINOR ]

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