Spencerian

¹ American  

[spen-seer-ee-uhn] / spɛnˈsɪər i ən /

adjective

1. of Herbert Spencer or his philosophy.

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noun

1. a follower of Herbert Spencer.

Spencerian ² American  

[spen-seer-ee-uhn] / spɛnˈsɪər i ən /

adjective

1. pertaining to or characteristic of a system of penmanship, characterized by clear, rounded letters slanting to the right.

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Etymology

Origin of Spencerian¹

First recorded in 1885–90; Spencer ² + -ian

Origin of Spencerian²

1875–80; P. R. Spencer ² + -ian

Example Sentences

And the 14-page handwritten document went on, in exquisite Spencerian script, to create what experts say are the crucial foundations of the modern game of “base ball.”

From Washington Post • May 18, 2018

Sometimes, he writes his grocery lists in a lavish Spencerian hand.

From Washington Times • Aug. 5, 2017

The first of these, Spencerian copperplate, was modeled on engraving and was thought—like so many things during that period—to engender moral uplift.

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2012

He also wrote out the name in the then-fashionable ornate style of lettering called Spencerian Script.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2011

There is no room on Spencerian principles for any socialism which does not recognise difference of reward according to difference of capacity.

From The Age of Tennyson by Walker, Hugh