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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- a small cursive script developed in the 7th century a.d. from the uncial, which it afterward superseded.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
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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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Other Word Forms
- ·Գܲc· adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of minuscule1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of minuscule1
C18: from French, from Latin ( littera ) minuscula very small (letter), diminutive of minor
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“The chance of you getting hit is absolutely minuscule,” Ewan Wright, a space sustainability researcher at the University of British Columbia, told Salon.
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Federal spending was relatively minuscule in those years.
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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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