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majuscule
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun majuscule has 1 sense
- majuscule(n = noun.communication) capital, capital letter, upper-case letter, uppercase - one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters" is a kind of character, grapheme, graphic symbol
has particulars: small cap, small capital
Derived form adjective majuscular1
Adjective majuscule has 2 senses
- majuscule(a = adj.all) Array - of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries; Array Antonym: minuscule
- majuscule(s = adj.all) capital, great - uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
majuscule, n. & adj.
--n. Palaeog.
1 a large letter, whether capital or uncial.
2 large lettering.
--adj. of, written in, or concerning majuscules.
--n. Palaeog.
1 a large letter, whether capital or uncial.
2 large lettering.
--adj. of, written in, or concerning majuscules.
Derivative
majuscular adj.
Etymology
F f. L majuscula (littera letter), dimin. of MAJOR
ROGET THESAURUS
majuscule
Letter
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