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Meaning of uncial | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
/ˈʌn.si.əl/

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.
    rare
  2. Of or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Deutsch unzial

Examples

“This, also written in black letter, we found inscribed on a second parchment that was in the coffer, apparently somewhat older in date than that on which was inscribed the mediæval Latin translation of the uncial Greek of which I shall speak presently.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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