Meanings
adjectiveminiscule (comparative more miniscule, superlative most miniscule)
comparative more miniscule · superlative most miniscule
- alternativeproscribedusuallyAlternative form of minuscule.
I remember the whirl and whine of her black Singer... Threading the levers, eyepieces, winding the turquoise string through hooks, and miniscule wheels, up and down...
1984, Julia Alvarez, Homecoming: Poems by Julia Alvarez, Grove Press Inc., →ISBN, page 39
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Origin
Likely a conflation between miniature and minuscule.
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miniscule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miniscule
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“miniscule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miniscule. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miniscule,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miniscule.
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