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Named for the original arrangement in typesetting, where the drawer or case containing minuscule letters would traditionally be located below the one containing capital letters.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C). Full definition →
Named for the original arrangement in typesetting, where the drawer or case containing minuscule letters would traditionally be located below the one containing capital letters.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.