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Definition uncial

Etymology 1

Attested 1650, from Latin uncia (“a twelfth part, ounce, inch”).

Adjective

uncial (comparative more uncial, superlative most uncial)

1. (rare) Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.

Etymology 2

Attested 1712, from Late Latin unciales (“uncials”), unciales litterae (“uncial letters”) (Jerome), plural of uncialis (“pertaining to one twelfth part, ounce, or inch”), from uncia (“one twelfth part, ounce, inch”). The literal meaning is unclear: some references indicate "inch-high letters", but see “Uncial script” in Wikipedia.

Adjective

uncial (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.

Noun

uncial (plural uncials)

1. A style of writing using uncial letters.
2. A letter in this style.
3. A manuscript in this style.

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