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miniscule

miniscule is the alternative form of minuscule.

Meaning of minuscule

Adjective

minuscule (comparative more minuscule, superlative most minuscule)

  1. Written in minuscules, lowercase.
    Synonyms:
    lower-case, small
  2. Written in minuscule handwriting style.
  3. Very small; tiny.
    • a minuscule dot

See all 6 meanings of minuscule

Forms of miniscule

comparativemore miniscule
superlativemost miniscule

Origin of miniscule

Likely a conflation between miniature and minuscule.

Questions about miniscule

What is miniscule the alternative form of?
Miniscule is the alternative form of minuscule.

Words near miniscule in the dictionary

  1. miniscreens
  2. miniscrew
  3. miniscrews
  4. miniscript
  5. miniscripts
  6. miniscule
  7. miniscules
  8. minisculpture
  9. minisculptures
  10. miniSD
  11. miniseason

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Adapted from Wiktionary: miniscule (page history and authors); minuscule (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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