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minuscule
[ min-uh-skyool, mi-nuhs-kyool ]
adjective
- very small.
- (of letters or writing) small; not capital.
- written in such letters ( majuscule ).
noun
- a minuscule letter.
- a small cursive script developed in the 7th century a.d. from the uncial, which it afterward superseded.
minuscule
/ mɪˈnʌskjʊlə; ˈmɪnəˌskjuːl /
noun
- a lower-case letter
- writing using such letters
- a small cursive 7th-century style of lettering derived from the uncial
adjective
- relating to, printed in, or written in small letters Compare majuscule
- very small
- (of letters) lower-case
Spelling Note
Derived Forms
- minuscular, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·Գܲc· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of minuscule1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of minuscule1
Example Sentences
“Top Gun” made Kilmer a household name with a relatively minuscule role.
Many on the left, meanwhile, say it affects a minuscule number of athletes.
The vast majority were either not present or detected in only minuscule amounts in almost all the samples collected.
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.
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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