First Known Use: circa 1825
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majuscule
noun ma·jus·cule \ˈma-jəs-ˌkyül, mə-ˈjəs-\
Definition of MAJUSCULE
: a large letter (as a capital)
— ma·jus·cu·lar \mə-ˈjəs-kyə-lər\ adjective
— majuscule adjective
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Origin of MAJUSCULE
French, from Latin majusculus rather large, diminutive of major
Rhymes with MAJUSCULE
April fool, Barnaul, blow one's cool, boarding school, charter school, common school, cutty stool, dirty pool, ducking stool, fascicule, gallinule, grammar school, graticule, groupuscule, Hartlepool, Istanbul, kilojoule, lenticule, Liverpool, machine tool, magnet school, middle school, minischool, minuscule, molecule, motor pool, normal school, nursery school, overrule, private school, public school, reform school, reticule, ridicule, summer school, Sunday school, training school, vestibule, wading pool
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