cursive

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈkɝsɪv/
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/ˈkɝsɪv/ · /ˈkɜːsɪv/

Definition of cursive

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Running; flowing.
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adj

  1. Running; flowing.
  2. Having successive letters joined together.
    “Then Mambro handed me his manuscript, a sheaf of loose pages really, his cursive handwriting scrawled over them, the exaggerated tails of the f’s and the j’s, the distinct loop of the q.”
  3. Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time).
    “cursive aspect”
    “[…] of the action or state of affairs expressed by the verb to the time of utterance; rather they express how the speaker regards the event: many grammarians distinguish between a constative aspect, in which an occurrence is simply registered as such, as something concluded, and a cursive aspect, in which the action is described in its course. (I need not add that this is an oversimplification, but there is no time for a more detailed account.)”
    “[quoted text] “[…] future, nor an expression of non completed action, nor an expression of cursive aspect […] yiqtol usually expresses that an action will happen in the future, that it may, should or could happen: these are modal uses.”⁴⁰ Joosten even explains the indicative functions of the yiqtol in a modal […]”

noun

  1. (countable)A cursive character, letter or font.
  2. (countable)A manuscript written in cursive characters.
  3. (uncountable)Joined-up handwriting.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cursif, from Medieval Latin cursīvus, from Latin cursus.

Anagrams of cursive

2 plays · some not in Scrabble

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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