majuscule

(noun, adjective)

adjective

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

Similar word(s): uppercase, majuscular

2. uppercase

- many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script

Similar word(s): uppercase, capital, great

noun

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

Similar word(s): capital, uppercase

Definition categories: communication, character, graph, grapheme