Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Minuscule

Minuscule , noun

[Latin minusculus rather small, from minus less: compare French minuscule.]

1.
Any very small, minute object.
2.
A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; a manuscript written in such letters.

minuscule , adjective

Of or relating to a minuscule{2} or of a script written in minuscules{2}; of the size and style of minuscules{2}; written in minuscules{2}; minuscular.
These minuscule letters are cursive forms of the earlier uncials. — I. Taylor (The Alphabet)