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
"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"
- capital letter - upper case letter
Adjective
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uppercase
"capital A"
"great A"
"many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
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of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters
4th to 8th centuries