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: mi-nu-scu-lar. The stress falls on "nu".

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.