Found 2 hits - Term: majuscule, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
majuscule \majus"cule\, n. cf. f. majuscule. see
majusculae.
a capital letter; especially, one used in ancient
manuscripts. see majusculae.
1913 webster
majuscule writing, writing composed wholly of capital
letters, especially the style which prevailed in europe
from the third to the sixth century.
1913 webster
see also:
majusculae majuscule writing
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
majuscule
adj 1: of or relating to a style of writing characterized by
somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries
ant: minuscule
2: uppercase; "capital a"; "great a"; "many medieval
manuscripts are in majuscule script" syn: capital, great
n : 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" syn: capital, capital
letter, upper case, upper-case letter ant: small
letter
see also:
minuscule capital great capital letter upper case upper-case letter
small letter
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