majuscule

majuscule
    adj 1: of or relating to a style of writing characterized by
           somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries
           [ant: {minuscular}, {minuscule}]
    2: uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts
       are in majuscule script" [syn: {capital}, {great},
       {majuscule}]
    n 1: 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" [syn: {capital}, {capital letter},
         {uppercase}, {upper-case letter}, {majuscule}] [ant:
         {lower-case letter}, {lowercase}, {minuscule}, {small
         letter}]
    

Majuscule \Ma*jus"cule\, n. [Cf. F. majuscule. See
   {Majusculae}.]
   A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient
   manuscripts. See {Majusculae}.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Majuscule writing}, writing composed wholly of capital
      letters, especially the style which prevailed in Europe
      from the third to the sixth century.
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