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capitalitis

capitalitis noun: the tendency to use capital letters gratuitously.

Noun

capitalitis (uncountable)

  1. The tendency to use capital letters gratuitously.
    • Some people seem to have "capitalitis": they put capital letters on words randomly, regardless of whether the words are nouns, adjectives, or verbs.1988, Sarah Norton, Bare Essentials, page 170

Origin of capitalitis

From capital + -itis.

Questions about capitalitis

What does capitalitis mean?
Capitalitis means the tendency to use capital letters gratuitously.
What part of speech is capitalitis?
Capitalitis is a noun.

Words near capitalitis in the dictionary

  1. capitalist roadist
  2. capitalistic
  3. capitalistical
  4. capitalistically
  5. capitalists
  6. capitalitis
  7. capitalizable
  8. capitalization
  9. capitalization table
  10. capitalization tables
  11. capitalizations

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