Word of the Day - Majuscule

majuscule

/ˈmadʒəskjuːl/
noun
mass noun
1 Large lettering, either capital or uncial, in which all the letters are the same height.
1.1 count noun A large letter.

Origin
Early 18th century: from French, from Latin majuscula (littera) ‘somewhat greater (letter)’.

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E.E. Cummings made a name for himself by writing poetry without always using majuscule letters in the places people expected. A Cummings scholar, Norman Freedman clearly states that it was a poetic device, not to be applied to his name (which Cummings signed using capital letters).