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minusculus

Pronunciation: [mɪˈnʊs.kʊ.ɫʊs]

“minusculus” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. rather less
  2. rather small

Etymology

From minor (“less, lesser, smaller”) + -culus (diminutive suffix) (built on the originally s-final stem of the adjective, attested also in the neuter nominative singular form minus).

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