uncial

comparative more uncial · superlative most uncial

1. rareOf or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.

1. not comparableOf or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.

   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.

   1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

plural uncials

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