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MAJUSCULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does majuscule mean? 

MAJUSCULE (noun)
  The noun MAJUSCULE has 1 sense:

1. one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasisplay

  Familiarity information: MAJUSCULE used as a noun is very rare.


MAJUSCULE (adjective)
  The adjective MAJUSCULE has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuriesplay

2. uppercaseplay

  Familiarity information: MAJUSCULE used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAJUSCULE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

capital; capital letter; majuscule; upper-case letter; uppercase

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("majuscule" is a kind of...):

character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "majuscule"):

small cap; small capital (a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters)

Derivation:

majuscular (of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules)


MAJUSCULE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Similar:

majuscular (of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules)

Also:

uppercase (relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case)

Antonym:

minuscule (of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Uppercase

Synonyms:

capital; great; majuscule

Context example:

many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script

Similar:

uppercase (relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case)


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