" minuscule "

[Adjective]  | "mi*nus*cule" | \ ˈmi-nə-ˌskyül \

1: very small

2: written in or in the size or style of minuscules

Origin: 1703 ;

 Borrowed from French & New Latin; French, "lower case (of a letter)," borrowed from New Latin minusculus, going back to Latin, "somewhat smaller, fairly small," from the base of minor, minus "smaller" (comparative of parvus "small") + -culus, diminutive suffix {mat|minor:1|};

[Noun]  | "minuscule" 

1: a lowercase letter

2: one of several ancient and medieval writing styles developed from cursive and having simplified and small forms

3: a letter in this style

Origin: 1701 ;

 Borrowed from French & New Latin; French, borrowed from New Latin minuscula (short for littera minuscula "smaller letter"), from feminine of Latin minusculus "somewhat smaller" {mat|minuscule:1|};

[Adjective]  | "minuscule"