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Majuscule - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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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: minuscule]
2: uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval
manuscripts are in majuscule script" [syn: capital, great]
(noun)
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, upper case, upper-case letter] [ant: small
letter]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Majuscule : \Ma*jus"cule\, n. [Cf. F. majuscule. See
Majuscul[ae].]
A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient
manuscripts. See Majuscul[ae].
Majuscule writing, writing composed wholly of capital
letters, especially the style which prevailed in Europe
from the third to the sixth century.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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