miniscule
Meaning of miniscule
adjective
- extremely small; tiny.
a minuscule fragment of DNA
- of or in lower-case letters, as distinct from capitals or uncials.
- minuscule script.
the humanistic hands of the 15th century were based on the Carolingian minuscule
early 18th century: from French, from Latin minuscula (littera) ‘somewhat smaller (letter)’.
Information about miniscule
- The plural form of miniscule is: miniscules.
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Hyphenation of miniscule
minis-cule
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- miniscule is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
miniscule synonyms
Meaning minuscule:
Meaning very small:
Meaning a period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour:
Meaning so small as to be visible only with a microscope:
Meaning another term for nanoscale:
Meaning small in size, amount, or degree (often used to convey an appealing diminutiveness or express an affectionate or condescending attitude):
Meaning extremely small:
Meaning on or characterized by a relatively small or detailed scale:
Meaning extremely or unusually small:
Meaning very small of its kind:
Meaning comparatively small or immature of its kind:
Meaning an object for a child to play with, typically a model or miniature replica of something:
Meaning designed or made in a smaller size than usual; very small:
Meaning denoting something, especially an animal or plant, that is much smaller than the usual size for its type or species:
Meaning used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily:
Meaning trivial or very small:
Meaning little:
Meaning tiny:
Meaning slightly drunk:
miniscule antonyms
Meaning of very great extent or quantity; immense:
Meaning extremely large; enormous:
Words that rhyme with miniscule
animacule, bacule, habitacule, macule, somacule, coccule, floccule, saccule, biomolecule, comolecule, macromolecule, molecule, precule, recule, semimolecule, submolecule, supermolecule, supramolecule, trabecule, canicule, caulicule, cicatricule, criticule, cylindricule, denticule, dramaticule, edicule, fascicule, febricule, follicule, funicule, graticule, lenticule, lodicule, monticule, ossicule, particule, pedicule, pellicule, picule, poeticule, proventricule, radicule, reticule, ridicule, scrobicule, silicule, spicule, unguicule, ventricule
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