majuscule

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
27
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈmædʒəskjuːl/

Definition of majuscule

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable)A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.
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noun

  1. (countable)A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.
  2. (uncountable)Capital letters.
    “Up to this point, Loveday appeared to be an exceptionally typical undergraduate, in that he wrote in majuscule what his fellows scribbled in lower case.”
    “But it is far from impossible that a scribe writing in minuscule should choose majuscule for a correction at this point: for example, if he had written u for n the only way to avoid all misunderstanding might be to indicate the correction with a capital letter.”
    “Many of these strips are palimpsest and bear earlier writing in majuscule and old minuscule.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from French majuscule, from Latin maiusculus.

Words you can make from majuscule

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7-letter words

3 words

6-letter words

11 words

5-letter words

31 words

4-letter words

56 words

3-letter words

42 words

2-letter words

13 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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