Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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majuscule | Yes | Yes | No | No |
minuscule | Yes | Yes | No | No |
majuscule (noun) | minuscule (noun) |
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one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts |
the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case |
majuscule (adjective) | minuscule (adjective) |
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of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries | of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries |
uppercase | lowercase |
extremely small |