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English adjective: majuscule | |||
| 1. | majuscule of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries | ||
| Similar | majuscular | ||
| See also | uppercase | ||
| Antonyms | minuscular, minuscule | ||
| 2. | majuscule uppercase | ||
| Samples | Capital A. Great A. Many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script. | ||
| Synonyms | capital, great | ||
| Similar | uppercase | ||
| Antonyms | lowercase | ||
English noun: majuscule | |||
| 1. | majuscule (communication) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | capital, capital letter, upper-case letter, uppercase | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | character, grapheme, graphic symbol | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | small cap, small capital | ||
| Antonyms | lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter | ||
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