| n. | 1. | A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculæ.
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| Noun | 1. | majuscule - 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" |
| Adj. | 1. | majuscule - of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries Antonyms: minuscular, minuscule - of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries |
| 2. | majuscule - uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script" |
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