ma·jus·cule /ˈmæʤəsˌkju(ə)l, məˈʤʌs-/
大字,大寫字母(a.)大字的,大寫的
Ma·jus·cule n. A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae.
Majuscule writing, writing composed wholly of capital letters, especially the style which prevailed in Europe from the third to the sixth century.
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majuscule
adj 1: of or relating to a style of writing characterized by
somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries
[ant: minuscule]
2: uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval
manuscripts are in majuscule script" [syn: capital, great]
n : 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" [syn: capital, capital
letter, upper case, upper-case letter] [ant: small
letter]