small capital


noun

a capital letter of a particular font, the same height as the x-high letters.
Also called small cap.

Origin of small capital

First recorded in 1760–70

Example sentences from the Web for small capital

  • In No. 28 the first four words are in small-capital letters, the first word of the sentence beginning, of course, with a capital.

    Why We Punctuate |William Livingston Klein

British Dictionary definitions for small capital

small capital

noun

a letter having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as a lower-case letter