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majuscule

ma·jus·cule

UK/ˈmædʒəskjuːl/ uncommon

adjective

1.

of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries

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2.

of things that make you feel sad

  • “sad news”
  • “she doesn”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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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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