Definitions for majuscule



Overview of noun majuscule

The noun majuscule has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule

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


Overview of adj majuscule

The adj majuscule has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. majuscule

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

2. capital, great, majuscule

(uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script")

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