MINUSCULE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
   Hypernyms(s) minuscule is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • longhand (what does longhand mean?)
   • running hand (what does running hand mean?)
   • cursive (what does cursive mean?)
   • cursive script (what does cursive script mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor’’s type case
   Synonym(s)
   • lower-case letter (what does lower-case letter mean?)
   • lower case (what does lower case mean?)
   • small letter (what does small letter mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) minuscule is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • character (what does character mean?)
   • grapheme (what does grapheme mean?)
   • graphic symbol (what does graphic symbol mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • capital (what does capital mean?)
   • capital letter (what does capital letter mean?)
   • upper case (what does upper case mean?)
   • upper-case letter (what does upper-case letter mean?)
   • majuscule (what does majuscule mean?)

MINUSCULE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • very small
   Synonym(s)
   • miniscule (what does miniscule mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a minuscule kitchen
   • a minuscule amount of rain fell
   Similar To
   • small (what does small mean?)
   • little (what does little mean?)
2. Meaning
   • lowercase
   Synonym(s)
   • little (what does little mean?)
   • small (what does small mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • little a
   • small a
   • e.e.cummings’’s poetry is written all in minuscule letters
   Similar To
   • lowercase (what does lowercase mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial
   • 7th to 9th centuries
   Synonym(s)
   • minuscular (what does minuscular mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • majuscule (what does majuscule mean?)
   See Also
   • lowercase (what does lowercase mean?)