MAJUSCULE
capital, great, majuscule
(adjective) uppercase; âcapital Aâ; âgreat Aâ; âmany medieval manuscripts are in majuscule scriptâ
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; âprinters 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 lettersâ
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 MajusculĂŠ.]
Definition: A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts.
See MajusculĂŠ. 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