- cursive
- Of flowing writing with strokes joined and angles rounded. Also see calligraphy, font, fontography, scriptorium, scroll, text, typeface and type, and typography.
Glossary of Art Terms. 2014.
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Cursive — grecque, VIe siècle. Texte moderne … Wikipédia en Français
cursive — [kʉr′siv] adj. [ML cursivus < L cursus: see COURSE] flowing; not disconnected; specif., designating writing in which the strokes of the letters are joined in each word n. 1. a cursive character 2. a manuscript in cursive writing 3. Printing a… … English World dictionary
Cursive — Cur sive (k?r s?v), a. [LL. cursivus: cf. F. cursif See {Cursitor}.] Running; flowing. [1913 Webster] {Cursive hand},a running handwriting. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cursive — Cur sive, n. 1. A character used in cursive writing. [1913 Webster] 2. A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; opposed to uncial. Shipley. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cursive — CURSIVE, adj. qui ne s emploie qu au féminin, et dans ces phrases du style diplomatique, Lettres cursives, écriture cursive, pour dire, Lettres courantes, écriture courante. Voy. Courant … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
Cursive — Frontmann Tim Kasher, live im März 2007 … Deutsch Wikipedia
cursive — index holographic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
cursive — 1784, from Fr. cursif (18c.), from M.L. cursivus running, from L. cursus a running, from pp. of currere to run (see CURRENT (Cf. current)). The notion is of written with a running hand (without raising the pen), as opposed to UNCIAL (Cf. uncial) … Etymology dictionary
cursive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ written with the characters joined. ► NOUN ▪ writing with such a style. DERIVATIVES cursively adverb. ORIGIN Latin cursivus, from currere run … English terms dictionary
Cursive — D Nealian Script, a cursive alphabet lower case and upper case … Wikipedia
cursive — ● cursif, cursive adjectif (latin médiéval cursivus, du latin classique currere, courir) Qui est fait d une manière rapide, d une seule traite : Style cursif. ● cursif, cursive (expressions) adjectif (latin médiéval cursivus, du latin classique… … Encyclopédie Universelle
