Definitions for cursive

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cursive cur·sive

Spelling: [kur-siv]

IPA: /ˈkɜr sɪv/

Cursive is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in cursive (ceirsuv).

Definitions for cursive

noun

1. a cursive letter or character.
2. Printing. a style of typeface simulating handwriting.

adjective

1. (of handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters joined together.
2. Printing. in flowing strokes resembling handwriting.

Origin of cursive

1775-85; Medieval Latin cursīvus flowing (said of penmanship), equivalent to Latin curs(us) (past participle of currere to run) + -īvus -ive

Examples for cursive

There is a considerable difference between the printed and cursive forms of the Tibetan alphabet.

It is in the Rabbinic and cursive characters that the differences are most noticeable.

“Slurring is the cursive of speech,” Katey tells a drunken dinner-party companion one night.

Now there has often been expressed on the part of the advocates of the cursive MSS.

My Facebook page still reflects that—Modest Mouse and cursive and El-P.

If possible, change the settings for “cursive” and “fantasy” to fonts of your choice.

Can you explain the meaning of the term "cursive" apart from your use in this instance?

cursive, kur′siv, adj. written with a running hand, of handwriting: flowing.

The individual letters of this "cursive" may be more easily studied in 84.

If the following Greek cursive characters (βγε) do not appear, then you may need to select a unicode font.