Word of the Day Archive
Monday May 17, 2010
majuscule \MAJ-uh-skyool\
, adjective:
1. Of letters written either as capitals or uncials.
noun:
1. A large letter, either capital or uncial, used in writing or printing.
The letter c is chiefly remarkable for the fact of there being two distinct majuscule forms, the more archaic of which is almost exclusively used to represent the numeral.
-- Philip Henslowe, Walter Wilson Greg, Henslowe's Diary: Commentary
This is the story not of my particular emotions but rather of Theory. Suffice it to say that the self-parody of the appellation, singular and majuscule as if affixed in Platoâs firmament, appeared to rule out all interpretations competing with that of shenanigan. So, too, did the buffoonery of the language, phraseology bloated past the point of grotesqueness.
-- Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, "Theory, Literature, Hoax," The New York Times
Majuscule derives from the Latin majuscula, related to "major."
Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for majuscule