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minuscule

adjective noun

extremely small

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
M
Ends with
E
Contains
IN
Scrabble score
13
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈmɪn.ʊˌskjuːl

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. extremely small

    “a minuscule kitchen”

adjective

  1. lowercase

    “little a”

adjective

  1. of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries

noun

  1. a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts

noun

  1. the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

In context

Example Sentences

a minuscule kitchen
a minuscule amount of rain fell
little a
small a
e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters

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