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uncial

Syllabification: (un·ci·al)
Pronunciation: /ˈənSHəl, -sēəl/

Definition of uncial

adjective

  • 1of or written in a majuscule script with rounded unjoined letters that is found in European manuscripts of the 4th-8th centuries and from which modern capital letters are derived.
  • 2 rare of or relating to an inch or an ounce.

noun

  • an uncial letter or script.
  • a manuscript in uncial script.

Origin:

mid 17th century: from Latin uncialis, from uncia 'inch'. uncial (sense 1 of the adjective) is in the late Latin sense of unciales litterae 'uncial letters', the original application of which is unclear

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