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minuscule 音标拼音: [m'ɪnəskj,ul] n. 草写小字,小写字
a. 草写小字的,小写字的 草写小字,小写字草写小字的,小写字的 minuscule adj 1: of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries [synonym: {minuscule}, {minuscular}] [ant: {majuscule}] 2: lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" [synonym: {little}, {minuscule}, {small}] 3: very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell" [synonym: {minuscule}, {miniscule}] n 1: the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case [synonym: {small letter}, {lowercase}, {lower-case letter}, {minuscule}] [ant: {capital}, {capital letter}, {majuscule}, {upper-case letter}, {uppercase}] 2: a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts Minuscule \Mi*nus"cule\, n. [L. minusculus rather small, fr. minus less: cf. F. minuscule.] [1913 Webster] 1. Any very small, minute object. [1913 Webster] 2. A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; a manuscript written in such letters. [1913 Webster] minuscule \minuscule\ adj. a. Of or relating to a minuscule[2] or of a script written in minuscules[2]; of the size and style of minuscules[2]; written in minuscules[2]; minuscular. [1913 Webster WordNet 1.5] These minuscule letters are cursive forms of the earlier uncials. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [1913 Webster] 38 Moby Thesaurus words for "minuscule":
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