majuscule

[muh-juhs-kyool, maj-uh-skyool]

adjective

1. (of letters) capital.

2. large, as either capital or uncial letters.

3. written in such letters (minuscule ).

noun

1. a majuscule letter.

majuscule

/ məˈdʒʌskjʊlə, ˈmædʒəˌskjuːl /

noun

1. a large letter, either capital or uncial, used in printing or writing

adjective

1. relating to, printed, or written in such letters Compare minuscule

Other Word Forms

• majuscular adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of majuscule¹

1720–30; < Latin majuscula ( littera ) a somewhat bigger (letter), equivalent to majus-, stem of major major + -cula -cule ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of majuscule¹

C18: via French from Latin mājusculus, diminutive of mājor bigger, _major

Example Sentences

Every character had been rendered in uppercase, or, in the terminology of philologists, majuscule.

From Washington Post

In the Vatican Library there is a codex of the New Testament, neatly written on parchment in majuscule, parts of which the present writer has collated with the printed text.

From Project Gutenberg

If it is desired to retain the V forms the words should be printed in majuscules.

From Project Gutenberg

Its brevity equalled its mystery; it consisted but of five words, the first and last in imposing majuscules.

From Project Gutenberg

It contained also a number of decorative initial letters, to use the clumsy phrase which the misappropriation of the word capitals to stand for ordinary majuscules, or 'upper case' letters, makes inevitable.

From Project Gutenberg

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