majuscule

Speech parts

1. majuscule - Noun

2. majuscule - Adjective

3. majuscule - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

great capital uppercase capital letter upper-case letter bevel large back type body character initial letter alphabet cap
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Antonyms

minuscule small little capital letter minor
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Hypernyms

character graph grapheme graphic symbol

Hyponyms

small cap small capital

Examples

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 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

Close letter words and terms

Majuro majusculae majuscular majuscule writing majusculed majzlanite