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minuscule

Definitions

adjective

  1. of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries
  2. extremely small
  3. lowercase

noun

  1. the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
  2. a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts

Examples

Mrs Scott went across as a minuscule Great Lady - they should have seen Mrs Van L as she set off this morning!

The oil is trapped in minuscule cells of porous subsurface rocks in so-called sedimentary basins.

The odds against bringing it back upstream, through the tangle of brambles and nettles and against such a flow, were minuscule.

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miniscule

Definitions

adjective

  1. extremely small

Examples

You can tell because the Muslim-is-terrorist rate is miniscule, and is probably not distinguishable from the Christian-is-terrorist rate.

He spends his days stealing beer and cigarettes to numb the boredom of life in the miniscule, snowbound village he has grown up in.

The neo-fascists and white supremacists organized in groups like Hale's ‘Creativity’ movement are miniscule in number.

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