MINISCULE

minuscule, miniscule

(adjective) extremely small; ā€œa minuscule kitchenā€; ā€œa minuscule amount of rain fellā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

miniscule (comparative more miniscule, superlative most miniscule)

Alternative spelling of minuscule

Usage notes

• ā€œThe correct spelling is minuscule rather than miniscule. The latter is a common error, which has arisen by analogy with other words beginning with ā€œminiā€, where the meaning is similarly ā€˜very smallā€™.ā€ ()

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Word of the Day

2 July 2024

CIRCULATE

(verb) move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; ā€œBlood circulates in my veinsā€; ā€œThe air here does not circulateā€


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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