minuscule
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/mˈÉĒnəskjˌuːl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "minuscule"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āĻĻā§āϰ, āϏ⧂āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽ

incredibly small in size
minuscule definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The minuscule font size on the warning label made it difficult to read without a magnifying glass.
āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϤāĻž āϞ⧇āĻŦ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĢāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ—āύāĻŋāĻĢāĻžāχāĻ‚ āĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āĻĻā§āϰ

written in a small cursive script used in medieval manuscripts

minuscular

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She studied the minuscule writing to understand medieval scribes' techniques.
āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϝ⧁āĻ—ā§€āϝāĻŧ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āĻĻā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āĻĻā§āϰ, āϛ⧋āϟ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ⧇

written or printed in lowercase letters
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He formatted the document, ensuring all proper nouns started with minuscule letters.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžāχāύāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāωāϞ, āĻŽāĻžāχāύāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāωāϞ āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ

a small cursive script used in medieval manuscripts, developed from earlier uncial script
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Scholars studied the minuscule in the manuscript to understand the evolution of medieval writing styles.
āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϝ⧁āĻ—ā§€āϝāĻŧ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻļ⧈āϞ⧀āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻŋāϤāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϛ⧋āϟ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ, āĻŽāĻžāχāύāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāωāϞ

a lower-case letter
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When learning to write, children often confuse certain minuscules with their uppercase counterparts.
āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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