mi|nus|cule

mi|nus|cule
mi|nus|cule «mih NUHS kyool», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. extremely small: »

a minuscule person.

2. a) (of a lettermall: »

Legal-size pages of written material in minuscule letters that can be blown up to reading size (Wall Street Journal).

b) written in minuscules.
–n.
1. a small letter in medieval writing, neither capital nor uncial.
2. a lower-case letter.
[< French minuscule, learned borrowing from Latin minuscula (littera) slightly smaller (letters) < minus less; see etym. under minus (Cf.minus)]

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