majuscule

majuscule is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 27 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae.
2. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: capital, uppercase

3. adjective. uppercase

   "capital A"

   "great A"

   Synonyms: capital, great

4. adjective. of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries

Synonyms

capital, uppercase, great

Common word forms

majuscules

Words from these letters

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