minuscular

1. 1.

   of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries

   Synonymsminuscule

Questions about minuscular

What does minuscular mean?

minuscular means "of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries".

How many syllables are in minuscular?

minuscular has 4 syllables and divides as mi-nu-scu-lar under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for minuscular?

Close synonyms include minuscule. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is minuscular a common word?

minuscular is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.