cursiveadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈkəːsɪv/, U.S.

/ˈkərsɪv/

Etymology: < medieval Latin cursīvus, < curs- participial stem of currĕre to run: see -ive suffix. Compare Du Cange s.v. Scriptura. In modern French cursif, -ive (1797 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

A. adj. Of writing: Written with a running hand, so that the characters are rapidly formed without raising the pen, and in consequence have their angles rounded, and separate strokes joined, and at length become slanted.

In ancient manuscripts the cursive style, showing some of these characteristics, is distinguished from the more formal uncial writing.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > cursive

running1575

tachygraphic1728

voluble1745

tachygraphical1764

cursive1784

Spencerian1883

current1891

joined-up1983

1784 in W. Fry New Vocab.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 70 Their complex system of abbreviations, which rendered the cursive hand-writing..almost as operose..as the more stiff characters of older manuscripts.

1844 G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy (ed. 2) III. v. v. 164 The gradual invention and..general use of the cursive greek character.

1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. iii. 76 The Cursive MSS range from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries.

B. n.

A cursive character or manuscript.

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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > cursive

written hand1580

joining-hand1583

join-handa1652

running-hand1741

demotic1782

cursive1861

joined-up writing1983

society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > according to type of writing

pictograph1851

stenograph1856

cursive1861

minusculea1876

uncial1881

1861 F. H. A. Scrivener Introd. Crit. New Test. (1874) ii. 40 Colbert. 2844 or 33 of the Gospels, ‘the Queen of the cursives’, as it has been called.

1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. iii. 74 The Greek MSS of the New Testament are divided into two classes,..‘Uncials’ and ‘Cursives’, according as they are written in capital or minuscule characters.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cursive
释义	cursiveadj.n. Brit. /ˈkəːsɪv/, U.S. /ˈkərsɪv/ Etymology: < medieval Latin cursīvus, < curs- participial stem of currĕre to run: see -ive suffix. Compare Du Cange s.v. Scriptura. In modern French cursif, -ive (1797 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). A. adj. Of writing: Written with a running hand, so that the characters are rapidly formed without raising the pen, and in consequence have their angles rounded, and separate strokes joined, and at length become slanted. In ancient manuscripts the cursive style, showing some of these characteristics, is distinguished from the more formal uncial writing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > cursive running1575 tachygraphic1728 voluble1745 tachygraphical1764 cursive1784 Spencerian1883 current1891 joined-up1983 1784 in W. Fry New Vocab. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 70 Their complex system of abbreviations, which rendered the cursive hand-writing..almost as operose..as the more stiff characters of older manuscripts. 1844 G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy (ed. 2) III. v. v. 164 The gradual invention and..general use of the cursive greek character. 1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. iii. 76 The Cursive MSS range from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries. B. n. A cursive character or manuscript. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > cursive written hand1580 joining-hand1583 join-handa1652 running-hand1741 demotic1782 cursive1861 joined-up writing1983 society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > according to type of writing pictograph1851 stenograph1856 cursive1861 minusculea1876 uncial1881 1861 F. H. A. Scrivener Introd. Crit. New Test. (1874) ii. 40 Colbert. 2844 or 33 of the Gospels, ‘the Queen of the cursives’, as it has been called. 1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. iii. 74 The Greek MSS of the New Testament are divided into two classes,..‘Uncials’ and ‘Cursives’, according as they are written in capital or minuscule characters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1784
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