lowercase

/ˈloʊ.ɚˌkeɪs/

LOƱ · ɚkeɪs (2 syllables)

English Noun

Definition

Alternative form of lower case.

Etymology

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.