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Definition of Majuscule
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries.
2. Noun. 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"
Generic synonyms: Character, Grapheme, Graphic Symbol
Specialized synonyms: Small Cap, Small Capital
Derivative terms: Capital, Capitalise, Capitalize, Majuscular
Antonyms: Lowercase
3. Adjective. Uppercase. "Many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
Definition of Majuscule
1. n. A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculæ.
Definition of Majuscule
1. Noun. A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Majuscule
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Majuscule
Literary usage of Majuscule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in English Official Historical Documents by Hubert Hall (1908)
"Of these writings the two majuscule forms affected our own national script in a
particular manner. ..."
2. Henslowe's Diary by Philip Henslowe, Walter Wilson Greg (1904)
"In ;«'' the m is sometimes made rather larger, and may have been intended for a
majuscule, though as no difference appears in the form it has baen rendered ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"In Greek paleography majuscule writing is not clearly distinguished into capital and
... In Latin majuscule writing there exist both capitals and uncials, ..."
4. Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archæology by Walter L. Nash (1872)
"Certainly, the 1, y, and "l mentioned above are somewhat dilated, and it may be
that this dilation compensates for a majuscule (see Mass. ..."
5. Notae Latinae: An Account of Abbreviation in Latin Mss. of the Early by Wallace Martin Lindsay (1915)
"The details stated above may point to another theory, viz. that the symbolism of
n was really peculiar to majuscule script, and that, quite independently ..."
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