| Noun | 1. | minuscule - the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case | |
| 2. | minuscule - a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts | |
| Adj. | 1. | minuscule - of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centurieslowercase - relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case; "lowercase letters; a and b and c etc" majuscule - of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries | |
| 2. | minuscule - lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"lowercase - relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case; "lowercase letters; a and b and c etc" | |
| 3. | minuscule - very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell"little, small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"; "a small voice" | |