28 June 2016
majuscule
[muh-juhs-kyool, maj-uh-skyool]
adjective
1. (of letters) capital.
2. large, as either capital or uncial letters.
3. written in such letters (opposed to minuscule ).
noun
4. a majuscule letter.
Origin of majuscule
Latin
1720-1730; < Latin majuscula (littera) a somewhat bigger (letter), equivalent to majus-, stem of major major + -cula -cule1
Related forms
majuscular, adjective
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Examples from the Web for majuscule
Historical Examples
It is written throughout in majuscule Roman capitals, which, although MM.
The History, Theory, and Practice of Illuminating
M. Digby Wyatt
This style is very important, as it marks the beginning of the change from majuscule to minuscule writing.
Illumination and its Development in the Present Day
Sidney Farnsworth
Anagram
jam clue us
Today’s quote
Forgiveness empties the past of its power to empty the present of its peace.
― L.R. Knost
On this day
28 July 1586 – the humble and versatile potato introduced to the British Isles by Sir Thomas Harriot after it was brought to Europe from the Americas by the Spanish.
28 July 1866 – the United States recognises the metric system as a valid means of measurement.
28 July 1900 – Louis Lassing of Connecticut invents the hamburger.
28 July 1902 – birth of Albert Namatjira, Australian Aboriginal artist. Died 8 August 1959.
28 July 1914 – start of World War I when a Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princep, assassinated Austrian Prince Franz Ferdinand. At the time, Europe was comprised of two blocs, the Triple Entente (Britain, France and Russia) and the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy). War escalated as each country came to the other’s aid following military responses to the assassination.
28 July 1928 – IX Olympiad opens in Amsterdam.
28 July 1945 – a United States Air Force B-25 Liberator bomber collides with the Empire State Building in New York. A 9.40am, the plane was flying from Bedford Army Air Field to Newark Airport. The pilot asked for clearance to land but was denied because of zero visibility as a result of heavy fog. Rather than turn around, the pilot continued on and became disoriented in the thick fog. The plane smashed into the building between the 78th and 80th floors, killing 14 people, including all on board the plane. One of the plane’s engines flew through the other side of the building, into the next block, falling 900 feet onto the roof of another building, causing a fire that destroyed a penthouse. The other engine and part of the landing gear plummeted down the elevator shaft.