minuscule

adj. tiny, very small

n. lower case letter; small handwriting

Lower case or lowercase or minuscule letters are the smaller form of letters, as opposed to capital letters: for example, the letter "a" is lower case while the letter "A" is a capital.Originally alphabets were written entirely in capital letters, spaced between well-defined upper and lower bounds. When written quickly with a pen, these tended to turn into rounder and much simpler forms, like uncials. It is from these that the first minuscule hands developed, the half-uncials and cursive minuscule, which no longer stay bound between a pair of lines.
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Noun
1. the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
(synonym) small letter, lower case, lower-case letter
(hypernym) character, grapheme, graphic symbol
2. a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
(hypernym) longhand, running hand, cursive, cursive script
Adjective
1. of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries
(synonym) minuscular
(antonym) majuscule
(see-also) lowercase
2. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
(synonym) little, small
(similar) lowercase
3. very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell"
(synonym) miniscule
(similar) small, little

adj. minuscule, diminutive; midget, tiny

n. minuscule, diminutive, minuteness

adj. tiny, midget, dwarf