Main entry: majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase, capital, capital letter
Definition: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
Usage: 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
Antonyms: lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter
Definition: the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
Main entry: uppercase
Definition: relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
Usage: uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc
Antonyms: lowercase
Definition: relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case
Antonyms: minuscular, minuscule
Definition: of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries