Definition of Majuscule

1. 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"

Exact synonyms: Capital, Capital Letter, Upper-case Letter, Uppercase
Generic synonyms: Character, Grapheme, Graphic Symbol
Specialized synonyms: Small Cap, Small Capital
Derivative terms: Capital, Capitalise, Capitalize, Majuscular
Antonyms: Lowercase

2. Adjective. Of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries.
Also: Uppercase
Similar to: Majuscular
Antonyms: Minuscule

3. Adjective. Uppercase. "Many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
Exact synonyms: Capital, Great
Similar to: Uppercase
Derivative terms: Capital

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

majority opinion
majority owner
majority rule
majorization
majorly
majoron
majorons
majors
majorship
majorships
majoun
majour
majours
majusculae
majuscular
majuscule (current term)
majuscule writing
majuscules
mak
makable
makai
makar
makarochkinite
makars
makataan
makateas
makatite
make-believe
make-do

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 Studies in English Official Historical Documents by Hubert Hall (1908)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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