cursive

(kʉrsiv)

adjective

flowing; not disconnected; specif., designating writing in which the strokes of the letters are joined in each word

Origin: ML cursivus < L cursus: see course

noun

  1. a cursive character
  2. a manuscript in cursive writing
  3. Printing a typeface that looks like handwriting, but with unconnected letters

See cursive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

cur·sive

adjective
Having the successive letters joined together: cursive writing; a cursive style of type.
noun
  1. A cursive character or letter.
  2. A manuscript written in cursive characters.
  3. Printing A type style that imitates handwriting.

Origin: French (écriture) cursive, cursive (handwriting), from Medieval Latin (scrīpta) cursīva, from Latin cursus, past participle of currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

  • curˈsive·ly adverb
  • curˈsive·ness noun

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