Uncial

What do we mean by uncial?

Of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters and found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the fourth to the eighth century AD. adjective

A style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters. It provided the model from which most of the capital letters in the modern Latin alphabet are derived. noun

A capital letter written in this style. noun

Of or pertaining to an ounce. In paleography, noting that variety of majuscule character, or writing, usually found in the earlier manuscripts, as opposed to the later minuscule, or cursive.

An uncial letter; also, uncial letters collectively; uncial writing. noun

A manuscript written in uncials. noun

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style. adjective

An uncial letter. noun

Of, or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries. adjective

A style of writing using uncial letters. noun

A letter in this style. noun

A manuscript in this style. noun

Of, or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high. adjective

A style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries noun

Relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals) adjective

Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.

Words that are spelled similarly to uncial:
uncial, uncia, unciae, uncal.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word uncial:
palimpsest, majuscule, codex, numbering, manuscript, testament, cursive, minuscule, vellum, codices, sacra, parchment, lectionary, scholia, diaeresis, alexandrian, accents, dated, colophon, verso, scrivener, recto, iota, gospels, papyrus, fragmentary, punctuation, epistle, leaned, insular, letters, corinthians, coptic, greek, collated, psalter, fragment, scribes, textual, carolingian, assigned, talisman, abbreviations, cyrillic, text, scribe, script, gospel, columns, contains, page, lettering, handwriting, labelled, alphabet, rustic, leaning, epsilon, kurt, pauline, sinai, hunt, liturgical, strokes, peculiar, leaf, breathing, corrections, upright, abbreviated, gregory, century, housed, hand, leaves, reads, similarities, byzantine, capitals, examined, ink, matthew, errors, lines, commentary, survived, lessons, weekday, revelation, variants, timothy, per, formerly, representative, category, von, currently, luke, margin, column.

Words that rhyme with uncial:
funchal, run chill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe uncial:
half, round, semi, earlier, late, roman, mixed.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective uncial:
letters, manuscripts, script, mss, writing, characters, hand, forms, form, manuscript, character, capitals, style, type, codices, letter, scripts, alphabet, greek, text, hands, codex, standard, lettering, copies, book, copy, fragments, inscription, texts, asses, blazes, fragment, saec, archetype, confusion, combinations, initials, phalanges, majuscules, parent, epsilons, evangelistarium, handwriting, headings, font, minuscule, inglaterra, bibles, divisions.

Words that sound like uncial:
uncial, unshell, inshell, undull, untl, unshelled, angel, angell, angele, until, unwell, ansel, ancel, unsell, unheal, annelle, unwill, unreal, initial, inal, unroll, anul, unseal, anneal, inertial, unsheathe, ental, inshallah, unwhole, dential, unshut, insel, aecial, ensile, entia, untile, henschel, unreel, enel, insul, aneel, minshall, uncia, intal, henshall, inel, intl, uncal, inicial, ungual, anal, annul, annal, anel, anil, onal, antle, anile, aniel, anele, enal, enol, antal, onell, anael, antel, ansha, hounshell, moonshell, intel, entel, enlil, annville, unsung, anaiah, anea, unhung, congeal, amal, anabel, chunnel, and all, anomal, ansell, emel, emal, bunnell, emmel, antill, edgell, anomale, ajil, dunnell, ammal, acyl, bunzl, buntal, emall, anwyl, ant hill.