minuscule

1. 1

   A lowercase letter.countable

2. 2

   Either of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.uncountable

   • By the eighth century, Irish scribes had refined everyday cursive writing in minuscule to allow its use for the production of quality vellum books.
3. 3

   A letter in these styles.countable

1. 1

   Written in minuscules, lowercase.

2. 2

   Written in minuscule handwriting style.

3. 3

   Very small; tiny.

   • a minuscule dot

ant. majuscule · uppercase