uncial

Meanings

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

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

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

Etymology

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

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