Majuscule










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

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majuscule [maʒyskyl]
hoofdletter; kapitaal; majuskel


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