Word of the week: "majuscule," which is a 10-dollar synonym for an uppercase letter. The word literally means "somewhat bigger," being composed of seemingly contradictory Latin components meaning "major" and "small." The corresponding word for a lowercase letter is "minuscule," though it's much more frequently used these days as a synonym for "tiny."

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