minuscule : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: minuscule	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for minuscule
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
minuscule adj of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries Synonym(s): minuscule, minuscular Antonym(s): majuscule lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" Synonym(s): little, minuscule, small very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell" Synonym(s): minuscule, miniscule n the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case Synonym(s): small letter, lowercase, lower-case letter, minuscule Antonym(s): capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Minuscule \Minus"cule\, n. [L. minusculus rather small, fr. minus less: cf. F. minuscule.] 1. Any very small, minute object. 2. A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; a manuscript written in such letters. -- a. Of the size and style of minuscules; written in minuscules. These minuscule* letters are cursive forms of the earlier uncials. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet).