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   uncial

   /ˈʌnsɪəl/

   adjective

   • 1. 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.
   • 2. relating to an inch or an ounce. rare

   noun

   • 1. an uncial letter or script.
   • ▪ a manuscript in uncial script.

   Word 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.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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