'Majuscule' definitions:
Definition of 'majuscule'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries [ant: minuscular, minuscule]
adjective
Uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script" [syn: capital, great, majuscule]
noun
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, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule] [ant: lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter]
Definition of 'Majuscule'
From: GCIDE
- Majuscule \Ma*jus"cule\, n. [Cf. F. majuscule. See Majusculae.] A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae. [1913 Webster]
- Majuscule writing, writing composed wholly of capital letters, especially the style which prevailed in Europe from the third to the sixth century. [1913 Webster]