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minuscule noun & adjective. . E18.
[French from Latin minuscula (sc. littera letter) fem. of minusculus rather less, dim. of MINOR adjective & noun: see -CULE. Var. with -ni- by assoc. with MINI-.]
A. noun. In Palaeography: a small letter, as opp. to a capital or uncial; (a manuscript in) a small cursive script developed from early Roman hands and written as between four notional lines (with ascenders and descenders). Formerly also (Typography), a small or lower-case letter. E18.
B. adjective.
1. a. Typography. Of a letter: small, lower-case. Now rare or obsolete. E18.
b. Palaeography. Of a letter: small, not capital or uncial; of, written in, or concerning minuscules. M19.
Bodleian Library Record Written in an elegant minuscule script of about the mid-twelfth century.
2. Extremely small; unimportant. L19.
New York Times Such concentration on minuscule..matters is a waste of time.
minuscular adjective (Palaeography) of the nature of a minuscule, composed of minuscules M18.