majuscule「大字型,大寫字母」

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Word of the Day：June 10， 2021

majuscule

大字型，大寫字母

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Definition

： a large letter （such as a capital）

大字型（大寫）

Examples

“At least the random emphatic majuscules on blogs are uncommon enough to make a rhetorical impression， though perhaps one not quite worthy of Serious Journalism。” — Katy Waldman， Slate， 25 Aug。 2016

至少，部落格上那些隨意強調的大寫足以給人留下修飾的印象，儘管這種印象可能不太符合嚴肅的新聞報道。

“It is the name Meyer-Decker—the eleven letters， the two majuscules， the hyphen that‘s a bridge to grander things—which ambushes him， which jumps from its inky thicket and assails him at last。” — Jonathan Meades， Pompey， 1993

正是 Meyer-Decker 的名字——十一個字母、兩個大寫、有通向更偉大事物的連線符號——（準備）伏擊他，從漆黑的灌木叢中跳出來後襲擊了他。”

Did You Know?

Majuscule looks like the complement to minuscule， and the resemblance is no coincidence。 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 its synonym majuscular。 Not surprisingly， the adjectives share the noun’s specificity， referring only to large letters or to a style using such letters。

Majuscule 看起來像是對 miniscule 的補充，這個相似之處並非巧合。 Minuscule 出現在 18 世紀早期，意為小寫字母，後又作“small forms「小」” 古語和中世紀寫作風格的詞意。 Minuscule 隨後又產生了用於任何非常小的事物的一般形容詞。 在字母方面，majuscule 與 minuscule （當意為小寫字母時）是相對的，但它從未發展出更寬泛的含義（ 儘管它的拉丁語祖先 majusculus 具有“rather large「相當大」”的廣義含義）。 形容詞 majuscule 也是，它的同義詞 majuscular 更是如此（都是表示相當大的）。 毫不奇怪，形容詞共享名詞的特殊（含義），僅指大字母或使用此類字母的含義。

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