majuscule

ma·jus·cule  (m-jskyl, mj-skyl)

n.

A large letter, either capital or uncial, used in writing or printing.

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[French, from Latin miusculus, somewhat larger, diminutive of mior, greater; see meg- in Indo-European roots.]

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ma·juscule, ma·juscu·lar (m-jsky-lr) adj.

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majuscule [ˈmædʒəˌskjuːl]

n

(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a large letter, either capital or uncial, used in printing or writing

adj

(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) relating to, printed, or written in such letters Compare minuscule

[via French from Latin mājusculus, diminutive of mājor bigger, major]

majuscular  [məˈdʒʌskjʊlə] adj

Thesaurus

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" capital letter, upper-case letter, uppercase, capital grapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters" small capital, small cap - a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
Adj.	1.	majuscule - of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries uppercase - relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; "uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc" 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" capital, great uppercase - relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; "uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc"