majuscule
/ˈmædʒəskjuːl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Up to this point, Loveday appeared to be an exceptionally typical undergraduate, in that he wrote in majuscule what his fellows scribbled in lower case."
- "But it is far from impossible that a scribe writing in minuscule should choose majuscule for a correction at this point: for example, if he had written u for n the only way to avoid all misunderstanding might be to indicate the correction with a capital letter."
- "Many of these strips are palimpsest and bear earlier writing in majuscule and old minuscule."
Etymology
Borrowed from French majuscule, from Latin majuscula (littera).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: majuscule, majuscula
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈmædʒəskjuːl/