majusculae

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, feminine plural from majusculus (“somewhat greater or great”), diminutive of major, majus. See major.

Noun

1. capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier

See also

• minusculae

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “majusculae”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) mājusculae

1. nominative feminine plural of mājusculus
2. genitive feminine singular of mājusculus
3. dative feminine singular of mājusculus
4. vocative feminine plural of mājusculus