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minuscule

[ min-uh-skyool, mi-nuhs-kyool ]

adjective

  1. very small.
  2. (of letters or writing) small; not capital.
  3. written in such letters ( majuscule ).


noun

  1. a minuscule letter.
  2. a small cursive script developed in the 7th century a.d. from the uncial, which it afterward superseded.

minuscule

/ mɪˈnʌskjʊlə; ˈmɪnəˌskjuːl /

noun

  1. a lower-case letter
  2. writing using such letters
  3. a small cursive 7th-century style of lettering derived from the uncial
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. relating to, printed in, or written in small letters Compare majuscule
  2. very small
  3. (of letters) lower-case
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Spelling Note

Minuscule, from Latin minus meaning “less,” has frequently come to be spelled miniscule, perhaps under the influence of the prefix mini- in the sense “of a small size.” Although this newer spelling is criticized by many, it occurs with such frequency in edited writing that some consider it a variant spelling rather than a misspelling.
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Derived Forms

  • minuscular, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of minuscule1

First recorded in 1695–1705; from Latin minusculus “smallish, pretty small, minor”; minus, -cule 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of minuscule1

C18: from French, from Latin ( littera ) minuscula very small (letter), diminutive of minor
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“Top Gun” made Kilmer a household name with a relatively minuscule role.

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Many on the left, meanwhile, say it affects a minuscule number of athletes.

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The vast majority were either not present or detected in only minuscule amounts in almost all the samples collected.

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From our contemporary vantage point, their minuscule existences have been erased, replaced by the modern-day footage’s bustle of traffic and clatter of the everyday.

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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which directs federal funds to public media, currently receives $500 million a year in government money, a minuscule portion of the federal budget.

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