Uncial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters and found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the fourth to the eighth century A.D.
  • n. A style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters. It provided the model from which most of the capital letters in the modern Latin alphabet are derived.
  • n. A capital letter written in this style.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.
  • adj. Of, or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.
  • n. A style of writing using uncial letters.
  • n. A letter in this style.
  • n. A manuscript in this style.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.
  • n. An uncial letter.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to an ounce. In paleography, noting that variety of majuscule character, or writing, usually found in the earlier manuscripts, as opposed to the later minuscule, or cursive.
  • n. An uncial letter; also, uncial letters collectively; uncial writing.
  • n. A manuscript written in uncials.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries
  • adj. relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals)
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