Oct 17, 2011 · Miniscule appeared later, and is regarded by some as an error, and others as a variant. If you use minuscule, no-one will be bothered, but if you write miniscule, some people …

As a point of note, there is absolutely nothing wrong with miniscule, and it might even be preferred to distinguish "small size" from "lower case letter," which OED gives as the primary definition …

Dec 17, 2024 · I still don't understand. You don't like any of Edwin Ashworth's suggestions? Are you saying you don't want a superlative form of a word that means small? (Tiniest, teensiest, …

You can say that a is minuscule: minuscule adjective \ ˈmi-nəs-ˌkyül\ 2 : very small // minuscule amounts from m-w.com As you can see from the definition, however, "very small" is also a …

Argh, I'm having so much trouble figuring out how to handwrite the a's and g's like the computer does. I learnt on the internet that we changed them in handwriting as we were lazy, which …

Oct 11, 2011 · But a miniscule/minuscule amount of poison can KILL. Would you tolerate even a miniscule/minuscule amount of strychnine in your coffee/tea?

The word minuscule is often misspelled as miniscule, on analogy from the derived prefix mini-, meaning small. But mini- comes from miniature, which comes from Italian miniatura, which …

Just because .01% of people may be at risk of frying themselves on the third rail doesn't mean they need to modify the system for that miniscule percentile. It just means you need to let …

The (original or quoted?) passage uses it correctly, but the OP's understanding may not be completely correct. You might want to address that it seems like the OP thinks use (3) should …

Aug 7, 2015 · With gauge, the dictionary-accepted variant is gage, but the situation is different from that of miniscule. In certain fields (science, engineering), gage is the more commonly …