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cur⋅sive

  [kur-siv]
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–adjective
1. (of handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters joined together.
2. Printing. in flowing strokes resembling handwriting.
–noun
3. a cursive letter or character.
4. Printing. a style of typeface simulating handwriting.
Origin:
1775–85; < ML cursīvus flowing (said of penmanship), equiv. to L curs(us) (ptp. of currere to run) + -īvus -ive

Related forms:
cur⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
cur⋅sive⋅ness, noun
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cur·sive   (kûr'sĭv)   
adj.  Having the successive letters joined together: cursive writing; a cursive style of type.
n.  
  1. A cursive character or letter.
  2. A manuscript written in cursive characters.
  3. Printing A type style that imitates handwriting.

[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.]
cur'sive·ly adv., cur'sive·ness n.
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Cursive

Cur"sive\ (k?r"s?v), a. [LL. cursivus: cf. F. cursif See Cursitor.] Running; flowing.

Cursive hand,a running handwriting.

Cursive

Cur"sive\, n. 1. A character used in cursive writing.

2. A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial. --Shipley.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : cursive
Spanish: cursivo,
German: in Schreibschrift,
Japanese: 続け書きの
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cursive 
1784, from Fr. cursif, from M.L. cursivus, from L. cursus "a running," from pp. of currere "to run" (see current). The notion is of "written with a running hand" (without raising the pen), as opposed to uncial.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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