majuscule
ma·jus·cule
adjective
1.
noun
1.
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”
Origin
Borrowed from French majuscule, from Latin majuscula (littera).
Phrases
- majuscule writing
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