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maiuscule

maiuscule is the alternative form of majuscule.

Meaning of majuscule

Noun

majuscule (countable and uncountable, plural majuscules)

  1. (countable) A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.
  2. (uncountable) Capital letters.
    • Up to this point, Loveday appeared to be an exceptionally typical undergraduate, in that he wrote in majuscule what his fellows scribbled in lower case.1951, Arthur Calder-Marshall, The Magic of My Youth, R. Hart-Davis, page 111

Forms of maiuscule

pluralmaiuscules

Questions about maiuscule

What is maiuscule the alternative form of?
Maiuscule is the alternative form of majuscule.

Words near maiuscule in the dictionary

  1. Maitreya
  2. Maitreyan
  3. Maitreyi
  4. maitri
  5. maitrī
  6. maiuscule
  7. maiuscules
  8. Maiwar
  9. Maiya
  10. maiz
  11. maizaniid

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