cursive
pronunciation
How to pronounce cursive in British English:
UK [ˈkɜ:sɪv]
How to pronounce cursive in American English:
US [ˈkɜrsɪv]
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- Noun:
- rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
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- Adjective:
- having successive letter joined together
Word Origin
- cursive (adj.)
- 1784, from French cursif (18c.), from Medieval Latin cursivus "running," from Latin cursus "a running," from past participle of currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). The notion is of "written with a running hand" (without raising the pen), originally as opposed to the older uncial hand.
Example
- 1. He managed hieroglyphs , musical notation and the first cursive font , for mamie eisenhower , who had tired of writing out white house invitations .
- 2. In what became the machine 's signature advertising image , the little screen displayed not the apple logo , but the cursive word hello in all lowercase letters .
- 3. Though the free tools were adequate with printed text , they failed with normal cursive handwritten text .
- 4. " If you can 't write in cursive , how are you going to sign a legal document ? " Asks jean leising , a republican state senator who introduced the indiana bill .
- 5. When was the last time you wrote cursive ?