Majuscule
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TIL: the word minuscule has always had a companion--majuscule!
From M-W:
'"Minuscule" appeared in the early 18th century as a word for a
lowercase letter, then later as the word for certain ancient and
medieval writing styles which had "small forms." "Minuscule" then
acquired a more general adjectival use for anything very
small.
"Majuscule" is the counterpart to "minuscule" when it comes to
letters, but it never developed a broader sense (despite the fact
that its Latin ancestor majusculus has the broad meaning "rather
large"). The adjective "majuscule" also exists (as does
"majuscular"). Not surprisingly, the adjective shares the noun's
specificity, referring only to large letters or to a style using
such letters.'
LDOCE doesn't mention the word at all. Wordnet modestly lists it under
the 'capital letter' synonym.
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Authors: ag