Majuscule

Quick meaning: Majuscule is a noun meaning (countable) A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.

Meaning

(countable) A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Capital letters.

Example Sentences

Many of these strips are palimpsest and bear earlier writing in majuscule and old minuscule.

Up to this point, Loveday appeared to be an exceptionally typical undergraduate, in that he wrote in majuscule what his fellows scribbled in lower case.

But it is far from impossible that a scribe writing in minuscule should choose majuscule for a correction at this point: for example, if he had written u for n the only way to avoid all misunderstanding might be to indicate the correction with a capital letter.

Word Forms

• majuscules

Synonyms for majuscule

Depending on context, synonyms include great, capital, uppercase.

Antonyms for majuscule

Common opposites include minuscule, minuscular.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include uppercase, capital, great, maiuscule, majusculae, minuscule.

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