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minuscular — adj. of or relating to minuscule script, a small cursive script developed from uncial, and used in the 7th to 9th centuries. Syn: minuscule. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
minuscular — mi·nus·cu·lar … English syllables
minuscular — adjective of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries • Syn: ↑minuscule • Ant: ↑majuscule (for: ↑minuscule) • See Also: ↑lowercase … Useful english dictionary
minuscule — minuscular, adj. /min euh skyoohl , mi nus kyoohl/, adj. 1. very small. 2. (of letters or writing) small; not capital. 3. written in such letters (opposed to majuscule). n. 4. a minuscule letter. 5. a small cursive script developed in the 7th… … Universalium
Lower — Low er, n. [Obs.] 1. Cloudiness; gloominess. [1913 Webster] 2. A frowning; sullenness. [1913 Webster] adj. 1. relating to small or noncapital letters which were kept in the lower half of a compositor s type case. Also See {minuscule},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
calligraphy — calligrapher, calligraphist, n. calligraphic /kal i graf ik/, calligraphical, adj. calligraphically, adv. /keuh lig reuh fee/, n. 1. fancy penmanship, esp. highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the… … Universalium
abecedarian — Synonyms and related words: aboriginal, allographic, alphabetarian, alphabetic, antenatal, apprentice, articled clerk, autochthonous, beginner, beginning, boot, budding, capital, catechumen, certified teacher, creative, dabbler, debutant,… … Moby Thesaurus
alphabetic — Synonyms and related words: abecedarian, allographic, capital, graphemic, ideographic, lettered, lexigraphic, literal, logogrammatic, logographic, lower case, majuscule, minuscular, minuscule, pictographic, transliterated, uncial, upper case … Moby Thesaurus
alphabetical — Synonyms and related words: abecedarian, allographic, alphabetic, capital, graphemic, ideographic, lettered, lexigraphic, literal, logogrammatic, logographic, lower case, majuscule, minuscular, minuscule, pictographic, transliterated, uncial,… … Moby Thesaurus
