What is minuscule?

More definitions of "minuscule":

• (adj): Of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries.
  Synonyms: minuscular

• (noun): The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case.
  Synonyms: small letter, lower case, lower-case letter

• (adj): Lowercase.
  Example: "E.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
  Synonyms: little, small

• (noun): A small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts.