Found 2 items, similar to Minuscule.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: minuscule minuscule adj 1: of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries [syn: minuscular] [ant: majuscule] 2: lowercase; “little a”; “small a”; “e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters” [syn: little, small] 3: very small; “a minuscule kitchen”; “a minuscule amount of rain fell” [syn: miniscule] n 1: the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case [syn: small letter, lower case, lower-case letter] [ant: capital] 2: a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
English → English (gcide) Definition: Minuscule Minuscule \Mi*nus"cule\, n. [L. minusculus rather small, fr. minus less: cf. F. minuscule.] [1913 Webster] 1. Any very small, minute object. [1913 Webster] 2. A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; a manuscript written in such letters. [1913 Webster]