minuscule
/ˈmɪnɪˌskjuːl/US/ˈmɪnəˌskjul/
minuscule noun: a lowercase letter.
Noun
minuscule (countable and uncountable, plural minuscules)
- A lowercase letter.
- Either of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.
- By the eighth century, Irish scribes had refined everyday cursive writing in minuscule to allow its use for the production of quality vellum books.2001, Steven Roger Fischer, History of Writing, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 254
- A letter in these styles.
Adjective
minuscule (comparative more minuscule, superlative most minuscule)
- Written in minuscules, lowercase.
- Synonyms:
- lower-case, small
- Written in minuscule handwriting style.
- Very small; tiny.
- a minuscule dot
- In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%....2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74
- Synonyms:
- minuscular, microscopic, minute, tiny
minuscule meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
minuscule in Hindi
- lower-case letter
- छोटा अक्षर choṭā akṣar
minuscule in Tamil
- சிறிய எழுத்து, சிறிய, எழுத்தில் சிறிய, சிறிய எழுத்தில் எழுதிய
minuscule in Urdu
- lower-case letter
- چھوٹا حَرْف choṭā harf
minuscule in Malayalam
- minute, tiny, microscopic
- തീരെ ചെറിയ, കൊച്ച്, അസ്ഥൂല, സൂക്ഷ്മ, അതിസൂക്ഷ്മമായ, കേശാല
More languagesFewer languages
- minuscule in Kannada
- ತುಂಬಾ ಚಿಕ್ಕ, ಸಣ್ಣದಾದ, ಪುಟ್ಟದಾದ, ಪುಟಾಣಿ
- minuscule in Tagalog
- menuskula, minuskula
- minuscule in Arabic
- حَرْف صَغِير ḥarf ṣaḡīr
- minuscule in Vietnamese
- chữ nhỏ, chữ thường
Examples of minuscule in a sentence
- Even a minuscule quantity of matter contains an incredible amount of mass energy.
- He wondered if this was how men like Jardine and Matheson saw the world – minuscule, manipulable.
- The inexpensive one-shots still make up a minuscule part of the market, but they are getting attention.
Synonyms of minuscule
Antonyms
Forms of minuscule
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | minuscules |
| alternative form | miniscule |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more minuscule |
| superlative | most minuscule |
Origin of minuscule
From French minuscule, from Latin minuscula, feminine of minusculus (“rather less, rather small”), from minus (“less, smaller”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Words formed from minuscule
Questions about minuscule
- What does minuscule mean?
- Minuscule means a lowercase letter.
- What is minuscule in Hindi?
- Minuscule in Hindi is छोटा अक्षर (choṭā akṣar). See Minuscule meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is minuscule?
- Minuscule can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce minuscule?
- Minuscule is pronounced /ˈmɪnɪˌskjuːl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of minuscule?
- The plural of minuscule is minuscules.
Words near minuscule in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: minuscule (page history and authors); minuscule (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); minuscule (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); minuscule (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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