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Adjective: majuscule  mu'júskyool
  1. Of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries
     
  2. Uppercase
    "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
    - capital, great
Noun: majuscule  mu'júskyool
  1. One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
    - capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter

Derived forms: majuscules

See also: majuscular, uppercase

Type of: character, grapheme, graphic symbol

Antonym: minuscule

Encyclopedia: Majuscule