minuscule

9 letters · noun · scores 2,600 in SpellHuntr

noun

the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

adjective

of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries

Minuscule in a sentence

By the eighth century, Irish scribes had refined everyday cursive writing in minuscule to allow its use for the production of quality vellum books.

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