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 (欧洲4—8世纪,近代大写字母之源)安色尔字体的;用安色尔字体写的
(rare)of or relating to an inch or an ounce (罕)一英寸长的;一盎司重的
noun
an uncial letter or script 安色尔体字母;安色尔字体 ■a manuscript in uncial script 安色尔字体手稿
语源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin uncialis, from uncia 'inch'. Sense 1 is in the late Latin sense of unciales litterae 'uncial letters', the original application of which is unclear