semicursive
noun
semi·cursive
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Definition of semicursive
: a Roman minuscule cursive with the principal strokes thickened used as a book hand from about the 5th to the 9th centuries —called also old Italian book hand
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Origin and Etymology of semicursive
semi- + cursive
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