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minuscule noun
Meaning : The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case.
Synonyms : lower-case letter, lowercase, small letter
One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis.
Printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters.capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase
Meaning : A small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts.
minuscule adjective
Meaning : Of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial. 7th to 9th centuries.
Synonyms : minuscular
Of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters. 4th to 8th centuries.
majusculeMeaning : Lowercase.
Example :
Little a.
Small a.
E.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters.
Translation in other languages :
ಒಂದು ಬಗೆಯ ಸಣ್ಣದಾದ ಆಕಾರವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ ಅಕ್ಷರ ಮಾಲೆ
ಮಗು ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ವರ್ಣಮಾಲೆಯ ಸಣ್ಣಕ್ಷರದಲ್ಲಿ ಪದ್ಯ ಬರೆಯಿತು.ಸಣ್ಣಕ್ಷರ
Meaning : Extremely small.
Example :
A minuscule kitchen.
A minuscule amount of rain fell.
Synonyms : miniscule
Minuscule meaning in Bengali (Bangla).