minuscule

nouns

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

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

minuscule

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper

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

minuscular, minuscule

antonym

lowercase

"little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

little, minuscule, small

very small

"a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell"

miniscule, minuscule