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Cursive

//ˈkɝsɪv// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Running; flowing.
  2. 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. 3
    Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time).
Adjective
  1. 1
    having successive letters joined together wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A cursive character, letter or font. countable
  2. 2
    rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper wordnet
  3. 3
    A manuscript written in cursive characters. countable
  4. 4
    Joined-up handwriting. uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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