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uncial


adjective

  1. designating, written in, or pertaining to a form of majuscule writing having a curved or rounded shape and used chiefly in Greek and Latin manuscripts from about the 3rd to the 9th century a.d.

noun

  1. an uncial letter.
  2. uncial writing.
  3. a manuscript written in uncials.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or written in majuscule letters, as used in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the third to ninth centuries, that resemble modern capitals, but are characterized by much greater curvature and inclination and general inequality of height
  2. pertaining to an inch or an ounce
  3. pertaining to the duodecimal system

noun

  1. an uncial letter or manuscript

1640s, “pertaining to an ounce,” from Latin uncialis “of an inch, of an ounce,” from uncia “a twelfth part” (see inch). In reference to letters, it is attested from 1712, from Late Latin litterae unciales (Jerome), probably meaning “letters an inch high,” from Latin uncialis “of an inch, inch-high.”

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