1. majuscule - Noun
2. majuscule - Adjective
3. majuscule - Adjective Satellite
A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae.
Source: Webster's dictionaryprinters 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 Source: Internet
capital A Source: Internet
great A Source: Internet
many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script Source: Internet
Just as some documents written in the early cursive show a mixture of majuscule and minuscule forms, so certain literary papyri of the 3rd century, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, cit., iv, pl. vi, No. 668; xi, pl. vi, No. 1,379. Source: Internet
While the set book-hand, in majuscule or minuscule, shows a tendency to stabilise the forms of the letters, the cursive, often carelessly written, is continually changing in the course of years and according to the preferences of the writers. Source: Internet