cursive
cursive Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Written with the characters joined together in a flowing, continuous stroke so that the pen is not lifted between letters.
"The historical manuscript was written in a neat, slanted cursive hand that was still easy to read centuries later."
• noun
A style of handwriting or a printing typeface in which the letters within a word are connected by flowing strokes.
"Students in the third grade spent twenty minutes each afternoon practicing their cursive in lined notebooks."
• Rhymes for cursive
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 18th century from French cursif, from Medieval Latin cursivus, literally meaning 'running', derived from the Latin verb currere ('to run'), because the pen moves continuously across the page without being lifted.
Usage Trend
Historical frequency of usage in published text.