| 单词 | minuscule |
| 释义 | 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 a small cursive script developed in the 7th century A.D. from the uncial, which it afterward superseded. [1695-1705; < L minusculus smallish. See MINUS, -CULE1] Usage. MINUSCULE, from Latin minus meaning "less," has frequently come to be spelled MINISCULE, perhaps under the influence of the prefix mini- in the sense "of a small size." Although this newer spelling is criticized by many, it occurs with such frequency in edited writing that some consider it a variant spelling rather than a misspelling. |
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