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单词 majuscule
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Definition of majuscule in English:

majuscule

noun ˈmadʒəskjuːlˈmædʒəsˌkjul
mass noun
  • 1Large lettering, either capital or uncial, in which all the letters are the same height.

    使用大写字母(指大写字母或安色尔体字母)的书写;大写体

    as modifier Insular majuscule script
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A capital ‘I’ as exampled at line-initial position and with obvious intention to produce a majuscule form.
    • The descriptions of the majuscule transcriptions are identical with those in the majuscule area of the site.
    • Upper and lower case come from typesetting (the letters were kept in two cases, majuscule letters were kept in the upper case, the others in the lower case.
    • The majuscule letter V symbolizes a daughter of the Mother Goddess or the Mother Goddess as a virgin.
    • It was an angular majuscule script, often written without breaks between words or with words separated by dots.
    Synonyms
    upper-case, block
    1. 1.1count noun A large letter.
      大字母
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There should be consistent family characteristics in minuscules and majuscules and between the two.
      • In the West, majuscules seemed to have been used for more formal writing: literary texts, Gospels, and important religious works as well as luxury manuscripts.
      • It was more a matter of the development of a more mature pattern that was no longer a capital script but one that consisted of hybrid majuscules organized as a graphic system.
      • In one hand he holds an open book and with an prodigious index finger points to the victim with words in red Roman majuscules against the night sky.
      • The written and printed form of English has two interlocking systems of letters: large letters, known variously as capitals, upper-case letters, majuscules, and small letters, or lower-case letters, minuscules.
      • The character set was greatly expanded to include punctuation, accented characters, and many many alternates, especially for the majuscules.

Derivatives

  • majuscular

  • adjective məˈdʒʌskjʊlə
    • Likewise, we can find proof from the very beginning Marulic used majuscular e caudata, which regularly disappeared without trace in the print.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They bring sheaves of reeds exceeding their own height, balanced like the cross-stroke of a majuscular T on their heads.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from Latin majuscula (littera) 'somewhat greater (letter)'.

Definition of majuscule in US English:

majuscule

nounˈmajəsˌkyo͞olˈmædʒəsˌkjul
  • 1Large lettering, either capital or uncial, in which all the letters are the same height.

    使用大写字母(指大写字母或安色尔体字母)的书写;大写体

    as modifier Insular majuscule script
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The descriptions of the majuscule transcriptions are identical with those in the majuscule area of the site.
    • Upper and lower case come from typesetting (the letters were kept in two cases, majuscule letters were kept in the upper case, the others in the lower case.
    • The majuscule letter V symbolizes a daughter of the Mother Goddess or the Mother Goddess as a virgin.
    • It was an angular majuscule script, often written without breaks between words or with words separated by dots.
    • A capital ‘I’ as exampled at line-initial position and with obvious intention to produce a majuscule form.
    Synonyms
    upper-case, block
    1. 1.1 A large letter.
      大字母
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The written and printed form of English has two interlocking systems of letters: large letters, known variously as capitals, upper-case letters, majuscules, and small letters, or lower-case letters, minuscules.
      • The character set was greatly expanded to include punctuation, accented characters, and many many alternates, especially for the majuscules.
      • In one hand he holds an open book and with an prodigious index finger points to the victim with words in red Roman majuscules against the night sky.
      • In the West, majuscules seemed to have been used for more formal writing: literary texts, Gospels, and important religious works as well as luxury manuscripts.
      • It was more a matter of the development of a more mature pattern that was no longer a capital script but one that consisted of hybrid majuscules organized as a graphic system.
      • There should be consistent family characteristics in minuscules and majuscules and between the two.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from Latin majuscula (littera) ‘somewhat greater (letter)’.

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