Meaning : One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis.
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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.
Synonyms : capital, capital letter, upper-case letter, uppercase
The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case.
lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letterMeaning : Of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters. 4th to 8th centuries.
Of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial. 7th to 9th centuries.
minuscular, minuscule