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cursive

adj
/ˈkɝsɪv/US/ˈkɜːsɪv/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from cursus
  2. derived from cursīvus
  3. borrowed from cursif

Definitions

  1. Running

    Running; flowing.

  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. Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight…

    Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time).

    • cursive aspect
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A cursive character, letter or font.

    2. A manuscript written in cursive characters.

    3. Joined-up handwriting.

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Derived

cursive singing, cursivity, cursivization, noncursive, precursive, semicursive, cursively, cursiveness, minuscule cursive, Roman cursive

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at cursive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at cursive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at cursive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA