Minuscule - Definition

adj 1: of or relating to a small cursive script developed from
uncial; 7th to 9th centuries [syn: minuscule,
minuscular] [ant: majuscule]
2: lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is
written all in minuscule letters" [syn: little,
minuscule, small]
3: very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of
rain fell" [syn: minuscule, miniscule]
n 1: the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a
compositor's type case [syn: small letter, lowercase,
lower-case letter, minuscule] [ant: capital, capital
letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase]
2: a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th
and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts