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Detailed Synonyms for majuscule in English

majuscule:

majuscule [the ~] nom

  1. the majuscule
    – one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis 1
    the capital; the capital letter; the majuscule; the uppercase; the upper-case letter
    – one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis 1
    • capital [the ~] nom
      • 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 letters1
    • capital letter [the ~] nom
    • majuscule [the ~] nom
    • uppercase [the ~] nom
    • upper-case letter [the ~] nom
      • 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 letters1

majuscule

  1. majuscule
    capital letter
    – one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis 1

majuscule adj

  1. majuscule
    – uppercase 1
    great; capital; majuscule
    – uppercase 1
    • great adj
      • great A1
    • capital adj
      • capital A1
    • majuscule adj
      • many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script1
  2. majuscule
    – of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries 1
    majuscule
    – of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries 1

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Related Definitions for "majuscule":

  1. uppercase1
    • many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script1
  2. of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries1
  3. one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis1