majusculae
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin, feminine plural from majusculus (“somewhat greater or great”), diminutive of major, majus. See major.
Noun edit
majusculae pl (plural only)
- capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier
See also edit
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)
Latin edit
Adjective edit
majusculae
- inflection of majusculus: