the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
A lowercase letter.
of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries
Written in minuscules, lowercase.
The word comes from the French minuscule, which was borrowed from the Latin minuscula. This Latin term meant "rather small" and was formed by combining minus ("less") with a diminutive suffix.