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majuscular

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ma⋅jus⋅cule

  [muh-juhs-kyool, maj-uh-skyool]
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–adjective
1. (of letters) capital.
2. large, as either capital or uncial letters.
3. written in such letters (opposed to minuscule ).
–noun
4. a majuscule letter.
Origin:
1720–30; < L majuscula (littera) a somewhat bigger (letter), equiv. to majus-, s. of major major + -cula -cule 1

Related forms:
ma⋅jus⋅cu⋅lar, adjective
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ma·jus·cule   (mə-jŭs'kyōōl, māj'ə-skyōōl')   
n.  A large letter, either capital or uncial, used in writing or printing.

[French, from Latin māiusculus, somewhat larger, diminutive of māior, greater; see meg- in Indo-European roots.]
ma·jus'cule, ma·jus'cu·lar (mə-jŭs'kyə-lər) adj.
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