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majuscule

/mə'dʒəskjul/

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noun
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
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capital capital letter upper-case letter uppercase

type of:
grapheme graphic symbol character graph
adjective
uppercase
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"many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"

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

Opposite:

minuscule

Examples of majuscule

"many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"