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intercapped

adjective

Having an intermediate capital letter within a solid spelling, as in PowerPoint for example.

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Meanings

adjectiveintercapped (not comparable)

not comparablerareHaving an intermediate capital letter within a solid spelling, as in PowerPoint for example.
Too bad the intercapped name is way too 90s and sticks out like a sore thumb.
2004, T Mike Childs, Rocklopedia fakebandica
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Every page features careful placement of type, but the type is artistically messed up: sometimes all caps, sometimes lowercase, sometimes intercapped […]
1999, Jeff Carlson, Toby Malina, Glenn Fleishman, Typography: the best work from the web
The first letter of any concatenated words are given an upper-case letter. For example, the following are all examples of intercapped variable names […]
2002, Jo Wood, Java programming for spatial sciences
Regardless, you will know the public's opinion, most likely expressed in jauntily intercapped slang.
2003, Austin Grossman, Postmortems from Game Developer
Button labels in graphical application windows are shown in regular text, and are often intercapped.
2005, Laura Wingerd, Practical Perforce
[…] coders discovered they could better recognize the words they used for variables and commands when the words were intercapped.
2006, Tay Vaughan, Multimedia: making it work

Origin

From inter- + cap + -ed (where cap is short for capital, as in caps).

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APA

intercapped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercapped

MLA

“intercapped.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercapped. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intercapped,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercapped.

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