Majuscule

//ˈmædʒəskjuːl// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts. countable
  2. 2
    one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis wordnet
  3. 3
    Capital letters. uncountable

    "Up to this point, Loveday appeared to be an exceptionally typical undergraduate, in that he wrote in majuscule what his fellows scribbled in lower case."

Adjective
  1. 1
    uppercase wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries wordnet

Synonyms

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upper caseabecedarianalphabeticalphabeticalbackbeard

Example

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"Up to this point, Loveday appeared to be an exceptionally typical undergraduate, in that he wrote in majuscule what his fellows scribbled in lower case."

Etymology

Borrowed from French majuscule, from Latin maiusculus.

Related phrases

majuscule writingcapital letter

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