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Webster 1913 Edition
Minuscule
Mi-nus′cule
,Noun.
[L.
minusculus
rather small, fr. minus
less: cf. F. minuscule
.] 1.
Any very small, minute object.
2.
A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; a manuscript written in such letters.
These
minuscule
letters are cursive forms of the earlier uncials. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).