Majuscule vs. Minuscule

Majusculenoun

A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.

Majusculenoun

A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculæ.

Majusculenoun

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis;

Majusculeadjective

of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries

Majusculeadjective

uppercase;

Minusculenoun

A lowercase letter.

Minusculenoun

Either of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.

Minusculenoun

A letter in these styles.

Minusculeadjective

Written in minuscules, lowercase.

Minusculeadjective

Written in minuscule handwriting style.

Minusculeadjective

Very small, tiny.

Minusculenoun

Any very small, minute object.

Minusculenoun

A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; a manuscript written in such letters.

Minuscule

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.

Minusculenoun

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

Minusculenoun

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

Minusculeadjective

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

Minusculeadjective

lowercase;

Minusculeadjective

very small;

Minusculeadjective

extremely small; tiny

Minusculeadjective

so small as to be insignificant

Minusculeadjective

of or in lower-case letters, as distinct from capitals or uncials.

Minusculeadjective

of or in a small cursive script of the Roman alphabet, with ascenders and descenders, developed in the 7th century AD.

Minusculenoun

minuscule script

Minusculenoun

a small or lower-case letter.