minuscule

1. 1.

   the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

   Synonymssmall letterlowercaselower-case letter

   Broadercharacter
2. 2.

   a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts

   Broaderlonghand

Other forms of minuscule

plural

minuscules·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about minuscule

What does minuscule mean?

minuscule means "of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in minuscule?

minuscule has 3 syllables: minus-cu-le. The stress falls on "minus". In IPA it is /ˈmɪnəˌskjul/.

What is another word for minuscule?

Close synonyms include minuscular, little, small, miniscule, small letter. 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.

What is the opposite of minuscule?

The recorded antonyms are majuscule.

Is minuscule a common word?

minuscule is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.