majusculae
English
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Latin majusculae, feminine plural form of majusculus (“somewhat greater or great”), diminutive of major, majus.
Noun
editmajusculae pl (plural only)
- capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier
See also
editReferences
edit- “majusculæ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
editAdjective
editmajusculae
- inflection of majusculus: