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大字,大写字母大字的,大写的
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Majuscule \Ma*jus"cule\, n. [Cf. F. majuscule. See
{Majuscul[ae]}.]
A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient
manuscripts. See {Majuscul[ae]}.
{Majuscule writing}, writing composed wholly of capital
letters, especially the style which prevailed in Europe
from the third to the sixth century.
资料来源 : WordNet®
majuscule
adj 1: of or relating to a style of writing characterized by
somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries
[ant: {minuscule}]
2: uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval
manuscripts are in majuscule script" [syn: {capital}, {great}]
n : one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first
letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes
for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals
and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were
kept in the upper half of the type case and so became
known as upper-case letters" [syn: {capital}, {capital
letter}, {upper case}, {upper-case letter}] [ant: {small
letter}]