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   Mi·nus·cule

   /ˈminəˌskyo͞ol/

   

   adjective

   • 1. extremely small; tiny: "a minuscule fragment of DNA"
   • ▪ so small as to be negligible or insufficient: informal "he believed the risk of infection was minuscule"
   • 2. of or in lowercase letters, as distinct from capitals or uncials.
   • ▪ of or in a small cursive script of the Roman alphabet, with ascenders and descenders, developed in the 7th century ad.

   noun

   • 1. minuscule script: "the humanistic hands of the 15th century were based on the Carolingian minuscule"
   • ▪ a small or lowercase letter.

   Word Origin early 18th century: from French, from Latin minuscula (littera) ‘somewhat smaller (letter)’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. minuscular adjective

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   What does minuscule mean?

   • The newsroom was minuscule, not much more than a cubbyhole. early 18th cent.: from French, from Latin minuscula (littera) ‘somewhat smaller (letter)’. Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app. Definition of minuscule adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   Is minuscule the right word?

   • "However, minuscule is not the right word" Sure it is. You're taking things too literally. It is not equivalent to "microscopic". Indeed, the term used to be used for a style of ink writing. Minuscule is not usually a noun. It can be, meaning lowercase writing, or a lowercase letter.

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   Is minuscule a misspelling?

   • USAGE minuscule, from Latin minus meaning “less,” has frequently come to be spelled miniscule, perhaps under the influence of the prefix mini- in the sense “of a small size.” Although this newer spelling is criticized by many, it occurs with such frequency in edited writing that some consider it a variant spelling rather than a misspelling.

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   Where did the word minuscule come from?

   • The earliest known use of the word minuscule is in the early 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for minuscule is from 1701, in a letter by H. Wanley. minuscule is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French minuscule. minulize, v.

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   adjective. very small. (of letters or writing) small; not capital. written in such letters ( majuscule ). noun. a minuscule letter. a small cursive script developed in the 7th century a.d. from the uncial, which it afterward superseded. minuscule. / mɪˈnʌskjʊlə; ˈmɪnəˌskjuːl / noun. a lower-case letter. writing using such letters.

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   Definition of minuscule adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   4 days ago · If you describe something as minuscule, you mean that it is very small. The film was shot in 17 days, a minuscule amount of time. Synonyms: tiny , little , minute , fine More Synonyms of minuscule

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   adjective. uk / ˈmɪnəskjuːl / us. Add to word list. extremely small: The cost of vaccination is minuscule compared to the cost of treating the disease. (Definition of minuscule from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of minuscule. in Chinese (Traditional) 微小的，極小的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 微小的，极小的…

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   What does the word minuscule mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word minuscule . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   minuscule meaning, definition, what is minuscule: extremely small: Learn more.