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Spencerian

Pronunciation: /spɛnˈsɪərɪən/

Definition of Spencerian

adjective

relating to a style of sloping handwriting widely taught in American schools from around 1850: Spencerian penmanship an elegant Spencerian hand

Origin:

mid 19th century: named after the US calligrapher Platt Rogers Spencer (1800–64), who devised it

Spencerian in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Spencerian in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

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spend
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