cursive
[kur-siv]
- (of handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters joined together.
- Printing. in flowing strokes resembling handwriting.
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- a cursive letter or character.
- Printing. a style of typeface simulating handwriting.
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Origin of cursive
1775–85; < Medieval Latin cursīvus flowing (said of penmanship), equivalent to Latin curs(us) (past participle of currere to run) + -īvus -ive
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Examples from the Web for cursive
Contemporary Examples
My Facebook page still reflects that—Modest Mouse and Cursive and El-P.
“Slurring is the cursive of speech,” Katey tells a drunken dinner-party companion one night.
Historical Examples
If possible, change the settings for “cursive” and “fantasy” to fonts of your choice.
All Round the YearEdith Nesbit
The individual letters of this "Cursive" may be more easily studied in 84.
Letters and LetteringFrank Chouteau Brown
Now there has often been expressed on the part of the advocates of the cursive MSS.
There is a considerable difference between the printed and cursive forms of the Tibetan alphabet.
Can you explain the meaning of the term "cursive" apart from your use in this instance?
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
cursive
- of or relating to handwriting in which letters are formed and joined in a rapid flowing style
- printing of or relating to typefaces that resemble handwriting
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- a cursive letter or printing type
- a manuscript written in cursive letters
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Word Origin
C18: from Medieval Latin cursīvus running, ultimately from Latin currere to run
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Word Origin and History for cursive
adj.
1784, from French cursif (18c.), from Medieval Latin cursivus "running," from Latin cursus "a running," from past participle of currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). The notion is of "written with a running hand" (without raising the pen), originally as opposed to the older uncial hand.
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