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majuscule

DEFINITIONS OF: majuscule

1

n one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis

Synonyms:
capital, capital letter, upper-case letter, uppercase
Antonyms:
lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter
the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
Types:
small cap, small capital
a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
Type of:
character, grapheme, graphic symbol
a written symbol that is used to represent speech

adj uppercase

“many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script”
Synonyms:
capital, great
uppercase
relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case

adj of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries

Synonyms
uppercase
relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
majuscular
of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules
Antonyms:
minuscular, minuscule
of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries
lowercase
relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case
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