HyperDic: minuscular

English > 1 sense of the word minuscular:
ADJECTIVEallminuscular, minusculeof or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial
English > minuscular: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningOf or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries.
Synonymminuscule
See alsolowercaserelating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case
OppositemajusculeOf or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters
Spanishminúsculo
Nounsminusculea small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts

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