uncial
adjective
[ ˈʌnsɪəl ]
• of or written in a majuscule script with rounded unjoined letters which is found in European manuscripts of the 4th–8th centuries and from which modern capital letters are derived.
• relating to an inch or an ounce.
uncial
noun
• an uncial letter or script.
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin uncialis, from uncia ‘inch’. uncial (sense 1 of the adjective) is in the late Latin sense of unciales litterae ‘uncial letters’, the original application of which is unclear.
