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majuscule (muh-JUHS-kyool, MAJ-uh-skyool) - adj., (of letters) capital.
THESE ARE MAJUSCULE LETTERS and these are miniscule. The formal name for uppercase. Interesting that miniscule gained wider currency via extension meaning small, while majuscule didn't, outside of typography -- no idea what the story is behind that. Originally, it referred to scripts with few and small ascenders and descenders. Adopted in 1722 from French, from Latin māiusculus, somewhat larger, diminutive of māior (major), greater.
---L.
THESE ARE MAJUSCULE LETTERS and these are miniscule. The formal name for uppercase. Interesting that miniscule gained wider currency via extension meaning small, while majuscule didn't, outside of typography -- no idea what the story is behind that. Originally, it referred to scripts with few and small ascenders and descenders. Adopted in 1722 from French, from Latin māiusculus, somewhat larger, diminutive of māior (major), greater.
---L.
