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cursive

  • /ˈkɝsɪv/ US
  • /ˈkɜːsɪv/ UK

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv

Where it comes from

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

adjective more cursive · most cursive

  1. Running; flowing.
  2. of writing 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 line (in space or time). cursive aspect

noun cursives

  1. countable A cursive character, letter or font.
  2. countable A manuscript written in cursive characters.
  3. uncountable Joined-up handwriting.

    Opposite: printing

Opposite: print

Thesaurus

noun

Opposite: print

Translations

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adj having successive letters joined together

Españolen cursiva, cursiva, corrida
日本語筆記体 hikkitai
中文草書 /草书 cǎoshū
Portuguêscursivo
Françaiscursif, attaché
Deutschkursiv
Italianocorsivo
Românăcursiv
Русскийрукопи́сный rukopísnyj, курси́вный kursívnyj
Tiếng Việtviết thảo

noun manuscript

日本語草書 sōsho
Русскийру́копись rúkopisʹ

noun character

Españolletra cursiva, letra corrida
한국어필기체 pilgiche
日本語草書 sōsho, 筆記体 hikkitai
中文草書 /草书 cǎoshū, 手寫體 /手写体 shǒuxiětǐ
Françaiscursive
DeutschKursivbuchstabe
Русскийрукопи́сный шрифт rukopísnyj šrift, ско́ропись skóropisʹ, курси́в kursív

noun joined-up handwriting

Españolcursiva, letra cursiva, letra corrida
中文草書 /草书 cǎoshū
DeutschSchreibschrift, Kursivschrift, Verbundschrift, kursive Schrift, fließende Handschrift

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@misc{cursive_2026,
  title = {cursive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cursive},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}