majuscule
Collocations
4ADJ.
earlier, old
VERB + MAJUSCULE
choose, writing, wrote
MAJUSCULE + NOUN
correction, fellows, minuscule
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.
Capital letters.
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.
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3Up to this point, Loveday appeared to be an exceptionally typical undergraduate, in that he wrote in majuscule what his fellows scribbled in lower case.
WiktionaryBut 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 misunderstandi
WiktionaryMany of these strips are palimpsest and bear earlier writing in majuscule and old minuscule.
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