A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; a manuscript written in such letters
Any noncapital letter Minuscule scripts contain letters of uneven height because of the ascenders and descenders Back to top
Greek manuscripts that are written in small letters that are usually joined to each other as in cursive script These manuscripts are more recent than the Uncial manuscripts, which are written in large capital letters that are separate from each other
The Greek characters of lower case: abgde, etc Different copies of Greek manuscripts appear in minuscule form See Uncial
During the ninth century a reform in handwriting occurred from which was developed a script of small letters in a running hand call minuscule This cursive script became popular for the production of books
a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell"