Minuscule

Noun

 * 1) A lower-case letter.
 * 2) Any of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.
 * 3) A letter in these styles.

Adjective

 * 1) Written in minuscules, lower-case.
 * 2) Written in minuscule handwriting style.
 * 3) Very small, tiny.
 * a minuscule dot

Synonyms
written in minuscules
 * lower-case
 * small

very small
 * microscopic
 * minute
 * tiny
 * See also Thesaurus:tiny

Antonyms
lower-case
 * majuscule
 * uppercase

Thesaurus
abecedarian, allographic, alphabetic, baby, baby-sized, bantam, banty, capital, compact, diminutive, duodecimo, graphemic, handy, ideographic, lettered, lexigraphic, literal, logogrammatic, logographic, lower-case, majuscule, miniature, miniaturized, minikin, minimal, minuscular, pictographic, pocket, pocket-sized, pony, small-scale, subminiature, toy, transliterated, twelvemo, uncial, upper-case, vest-pocket

Etymology
From minuscule:.

Alternative forms

 * miniscule (Originally a misspelling, but now so common that it has come to be considered an alternative spelling by many)

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Esperanto: minusklo
 * Finnish:, pieni ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: kisbetű


 * Italian:
 * Manx: lettyr beg
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: minud


 * Hungarian: minuszkula

Adjective

 * Finnish: pienin kirjaimin kirjoitettu


 * French:


 * Esperanto: malgrandega
 * Finnish: ,


 * French:

Usage notes
See the usage notes at miniscule

Adjective

 * 1) minuscule

Noun

 * 1) minuscule

Etymology
From minuscula.

Adjective
minuscule