ma·jus·cule /ˈmæʤəsˌkju(ə)l, məˈʤʌs-/
 大字,大寫字母(a.)大字的,大寫的


 Ma·jus·cule n.  A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae.
 Majuscule writing, writing composed wholly of capital letters, especially the style which prevailed in Europe from the third to the sixth century.

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 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]