单词 | uncial |
释义 | uncial —uncially, adv. /un"shee euhl, -sheuhl/, adj. 1. designating, written in, or pertaining to a form of majuscule writing having a curved or rounded shape and used chiefly in Greek and Latin manuscripts from about the 3rd to the 9th century A.D. n. 2. an uncial letter. 3. uncial writing. 4. a manuscript written in uncials. [1640-50; < LL unciales (litterae) (Jerome) uncial (letters), pl. of L uncialis weighing one twelfth of a libra (see UNCIA, -AL1); literal sense is unclear] |
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