MAJUSCULE

capital, great, majuscule

(adjective) uppercase; “capital A”; “great A”; “many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script”

majuscule

(adjective) of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries

capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

majuscule (plural majuscules)

A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.

Source: Wiktionary

Ma*jus"cule, n. Etym: [Cf. F. majuscule. See Majusculæ.]

Definition: A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculæ. Majuscule writing, writing composed wholly of capital letters, especially the style which prevailed in Europe from the third to the sixth century.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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