different between writing vs uncial

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?t??ng, IPA^(key): /??a?t??/
• Hyphenation: writ?ing
• Rhymes: -a?t??

Etymology 1

From Middle English writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng, from Old English wr?ting (“writing”), equivalent to write +? -ing.

Noun

writing (countable and uncountable, plural writings)

1. (uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
2. (countable) Something written, such as a document, article or book.
3. (uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
4. (countable) A work of an author.
5. (countable) The style of writing of a person.

   I can't read your writing.

6. (as a modifier) Intended for or used in writing.

   a writing table

Synonyms

• (written letters or symbols that express some meaning): text
• (something written): document, manuscript, text
• (work of an author): work
• (the style of writing of a person): hand, handwriting
• (intended for or used in writing): alphabet, character, ideogram, logogram, pictogram, script, syllabary, writing system

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English writinge, wrytynge, writende, writand, from Old English wr?tende, present participle of Old English wr?tan (“to scratch, carve, write”), equivalent to write +? -ing.

Verb

writing

1. present participle of write
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     What are you doing? ? Um, I’m writing. ? You are writing! You are writing a lot!

Anagrams

• twiring

Old English

Etymology

From wr?tan +? -ing.

Noun

wr?ting f

1. writing

Declension

Derived terms

• wr?tingfeþer f (“pen”)

Descendants

• Middle English: writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng
  • English: writing
  • Scots: writing

English

Etymology 1

Attested 1650, from Latin uncia (“a twelfth part, ounce, inch”).

Adjective

uncial (comparative more uncial, superlative most uncial)

1. (rare) Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.

Etymology 2

Attested 1712, from Late Latin unciales (“uncials”), unciales litterae (“uncial letters”) (Jerome), plural of uncialis (“pertaining to one twelfth part, ounce, or inch”), from uncia (“one twelfth part, ounce, inch”). The literal meaning is unclear: some references indicate "inch-high letters", but see “Uncial script” in Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.si.?l/, /??n.?i.?l/, /??n.??l/

Adjective

uncial (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.

Translations

Noun

uncial (plural uncials)

1. A style of writing using uncial letters.
2. A letter in this style.
3. A manuscript in this style.

Translations

Derived terms

• semi-uncial, half-uncial

Related terms

• uncia
• ounce
• inch

References

Anagrams

• Alcuin, Lucian, Lucina

Spanish

Adjective

uncial (plural unciales)

1. uncial

Noun

uncial f (plural unciales)

1. uncial