cursive

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: cur=sive

CIDE DICTIONARY

cursive, a. [LL. cursivus: cf. F. cursif See Cursitor.].

 Running; flowing.  [1913 Webster]

Cursive hand,a running handwriting.

cursive, n. 

•  A character used in cursive writing.  [1913 Webster]
•  A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial.  Shipley.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cursive, adj. & n.
--adj. (of writing) done with joined characters.
--n. cursive writing (cf. PRINT v. 4, UNCIAL).

Derivative

cursively adv.

Etymology

med.L (scriptura) cursiva f. L currere curs- run

THESAURUS

cursive

Italian hand, Spencerian writing, autograph, autographic, block letter, bold hand, book hand, calligraphic, chancery hand, chirographic, copperplate hand, cursive hand, effortless, engrossed, flowing, fluent, graphic, graphoanalytic, graphologic, graphometric, holograph, holographic, in longhand, in shorthand, in writing, inscribed, italic, italicized, law hand, lettering, longhand, majuscule script, manuscript, minuscule script, on paper, penciled, penned, printed, printing, round hand, running, scriptorial, scriptural, shorthand, smooth, stylographic, text hand, uncial, written