majuscule
Americanadjective
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(of letters) capital.
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large, as either capital or uncial letters.
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written in such letters (minuscule ).
noun
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- majuscular adjective
Etymology
Origin of majuscule
1720–30; < Latin majuscula ( littera ) a somewhat bigger (letter), equivalent to majus-, stem of major major + -cula -cule 1
Example Sentences
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We sound all-lowercase depths and perform shrill majuscule runs, piling on exclamation points, upspeak-y question marks, and other gracenotes instead of tapping out a staid Strunkian rhythm.
From Slate • Sep. 30, 2016
Uncial, un′shal, adj. applied to that variety of majuscule writing, with large round characters, used in ancient MSS.—n. an uncial letter, uncial writing: a MS. written in uncials.—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The character is that called ecclesiastical or priestly majuscule, which differs wholly from the civil characters and can, as a rule, be read by the priests only.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
In the Vatican Library there is a codex of the New Testament, neatly written on parchment in majuscule, parts of which the present writer has collated with the printed text.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
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