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countable and uncountable, plural minuscules
(countable) A lowercase letter. examples
(uncountable) Either of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule. quotations examples
By the eighth century, Irish scribes had refined everyday cursive writing in minuscule to allow its use for the production of quality vellum books.
2001, Steven Roger Fischer, History of Writing, Reaktion Books, page 254
(countable) A letter in these styles. examples
comparative more minuscule, superlative most minuscule
Written in minuscules, lowercase. examples
Written in minuscule handwriting style. examples
Very small; tiny. quotations examples
In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.
2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74