Found 2 items, similar to Majuscule.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: majuscule 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] n : 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 ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Majuscule Majuscule \Ma*jus"cule\, n. [Cf. F. majuscule. See Majuscul[ae].] A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majuscul[ae]. [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]