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.
Derivatives:
minuscular adj.
Etymology: F f. L minuscula (littera letter) dimin. of minor: see MINOR