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Definition of Miniscule
1. Adjective. Very small. "A minuscule amount of rain fell"
Definition of Miniscule
1. Adjective. (form of very common misspelling and (US sub=labelcat) (colloquial sub=labelcat) spelling minuscule) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Miniscule
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miniscule
Literary usage of Miniscule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1983 The spelling miniscule is also extremely common, however. ... The spelling
miniscule presumably owes something to association with the combining form ..."
2. D. Dinkelspiel: His Gonversationings by George Vere Hobart (1900)
"miniscule 4to, printed on hand-made paper, ... 2 vols., miniscule 4to, handmade
paper, cloth, gilt top, $1.50. This is the version from which Wagner ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... a blanket ostracism to all things South African are beseeched by white liberals
there to ponder that South Africa's miniscule opposition is the first to ..."
4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The splitting was however miniscule, amounting to a maximum of 0.001 eV in
dimethylmethylene. The situation is drastically different for ..."
5. The Teacher and His Staff: Differentiating Teaching Roles: Report of the by Thomas Charles Bridges, H Hessell Tiltman, National Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards (U.S.) (1909)
"By any objective assessment, even the largest change-improvement programs are
miniscule when compared with the massive- ness of the problems confronting us. ..."
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