資料來源 : pyDict
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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Uncial \Un"cial\, a. [L. uncialis amounting to the twelfth part
of a pound or a foot, from uncia the twelfth part of a pound
or of a foot, an ounce, an inch: cf. F. oncial. See {Inch} a
measure.]
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superseded by the cursive style.
Uncial \Un"cial\, n.
An uncial letter.
資料來源 : WordNet®
uncial
adj : relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble
modern capitals); "uncial letters"
n : a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded
capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin
manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries