Added 9 October 2026
lowercase
/ˈloʊ.ɚˌkeɪs/ noun
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about lowercase at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Alternative form of lower case.
adjective
verb
Origin
From the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; when used as a noun adjunct then, to render its syntactical function clearer and simpler, it is written as a single word or with a hyphen as a sort of chunking.
From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)