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majuscule (enc)
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Majuscule| Noun | 1. | 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"small capital, small cap - a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters | | | Adj. | 1. | majuscule - of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuriesuppercase - relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; "uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc" minuscular, minuscule - of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries | | | 2. | majuscule - uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"uppercase - relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; "uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc" | |
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