majuscule - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'majuscule' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Majuscule

[ n.]

- A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae.

1 . majuscule

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis

Example in sentence:

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

2 . majuscule

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- uppercase

Example in sentence:

majestatal majestatic majestic majestical majesticness majesties majesty majolica major major general

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